Meckel's cave
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| The otic ganglion and its branches. | |
| Latin | cavum Meckelii, cavum trigeminale |
| Gray's | subject #200 886 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_16/12221187 |
The trigeminal ganglion occupies a cavity called Meckel's cave (or trigeminal cave) in the dura mater covering the trigeminal impression near the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone.
It is name for Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ synd/2133 at Who Named It
- ^ J. F. Meckel. Tractatus anatomico physiologicus de quinto pare nervorum cerebri. Göttingen 1748.
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