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Table 3 List of measurements of the surrounding structures

From: The foramen ovale: a keyhole to the brain? Computer simulations of percutaneous FO punctures

Distances

Vascularity

Bones

Maxillary artery

Maxilla

Internal carotid artery

Mandibula

Cerebri media artery

Pterygoid process

 

Pars petrosus ossis temporalis (angle between trajectory and pars petrosus)