Foramen petrosum

[TA] an occasional opening in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, between the foramen spinosum and foramen ovale, which transmits the lesser petrosal nerve. SYN: canaliculus innominatus, foramen of Arnold, petrosal foramen.

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