name nerve_of_pterygoid_canal namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent cranial_nerve comment [de] nameGermanSynonym [] nameMedicineSynonym [] Nervus Vidianus, Nervus Vidii label [en] nerve of pterygoid canal nameEnglishSynonym [] Vidian nerve speciesNo [] 86 organNo [] 82348 label [med] Nervus canalis pterygoidei ACC [] cy0009853 label [de] Vidianus-Nerv comment [en] formed by the junction of greater petrosal nerve and deep petrosal nerve , it enters the pterygopalatine fossa and joins the posterior angle of the pterygopalatine ganglion. It contains fibers preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the greater petrosal nerve and postganglionic fibers from the deep petrosal nerve. annotationRemark [] dka locatedIn pterygoid_canal hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#fibrocyte hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#synovial_cell_phagocytic hasPart deep_petrosal_nerve hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#terminal_glial_cyte hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glioblast hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#fibroblast hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#histiocyte hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#glial_cell_of_peripheral_nervous_system hasCell http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#macrophage accompanies artery_of_pterygoid_canal isPartOf http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/system#nervous_system hasPart greater_petrosal_nerve_of_facial_nerve