The enigmatic foramen lacerum

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 386-393

  Tauber, Michael ^a   Van Loveren, Harry R ^a,b   Jallo, George ^a   Romano, Alberto ^a   Keller, Jeffrey T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Carotid canal; Cranial base surgery; Foramen lacerum; Internal carotid artery; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NEUROANATOMY; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SKULL SURGERY; SPHENOID; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL BONE;

ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DISSECTION; HUMANS; PETROUS BONE; SKULL BASE;

EID: 0032904643     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199902000-00083     Document Type: Article

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