Morphological and Morphometric Analysis of Carotid Canal Apertures in the Nigerian Population
Background: The external opening donitsirauta of the carotid canal (EOCC), the entry point of the internal carotid artery into the skull, varies across populations.This study characterized the EOCC with the mastoid process (shortest distance from the EOCC to the tip of the mastoid process [SDTCC]), the foramen magnum (shortest distance from the EOC