Inferior tympanic canaliculus
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Bone: Inferior tympanic canaliculus | |
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Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. (Inferior tympanic canaliculus labeled at left, fourth from the top.) | |
Latin | c. tympanicus |
Gray's | subject #34 144 |
Dorlands / Elsevier |
c_04/12208486 |
In the bony ridge dividing the carotid canal from the jugular fossa is the small inferior tympanic canaliculus for the passage of the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.
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