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rocca petrosa

petrosal bone

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The inferior petrosal sinus is where the pituitary gland drains. en.wikipedia.org

The cavernous sinus drains by two larger channels, the superior and inferior petrosal sinuses, ultimately into the internal jugular vein via the sigmoid sinus. en.wikipedia.org

It was concluded that the peduncular hallucinosis was probably related to petrosal vein obliteration and was followed by venous congestion and posterior fossa edema. en.wikipedia.org

It enters the middle cranial fossa through the greater (superficial) petrosal foramen (on the anterior surface of the petrous temporal bone). en.wikipedia.org

It is located posterior to the groove for the superior petrosal sinus and posterolateral to the jugular foramen. en.wikipedia.org

The lesser petrosal nerve is a continuation of the glossopharyngeal nerve after it exits the skull via the jugular foramen and innervates the tympanic plexus. en.wikipedia.org

The mucous membranes receive their postganglionic parasympathetic nerve innervation for mucous secretion originating from the greater petrosal nerve (a branch of the facial nerve). en.wikipedia.org

The greater petrosal nerve, which carries sensory fibers as well as preganglionic parasympathetic fibers, emerges from the anterior aspect of the ganglion. en.wikipedia.org

The tympanic plexus of nerves rejoin and form the lesser petrosal nerve and exit through the foramen ovale to synapse at the otic ganglion. en.wikipedia.org

Its medial half is marked by a sulcus, which forms, with a corresponding sulcus on the occipital bone, the channel for the inferior petrosal sinus. en.wikipedia.org

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