[2] The eponym, Vidian artery, is derived from the Italian surgeon and anatomist Vidus Vidius.

[3] In this case; the artery passes backward along the pterygoid canal with the corresponding nerve.

[4] In this case; the artery passes inferiorly through foramen lacerum towards the oropharynx, with its main trunk continuing anteriorly through the pterygoid canal to anastomose with the pterygopalatine part of the maxillary artery.

[5] The artery is small and inconstant, passing through the pterygoid canal in an opposite direction to its corresponding nerve.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 568 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) ocular group: central retinal