Inferior tympanic canaliculus
tympanic canaliculus | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | Canaliculus tympanicus |
TA98 | A02.1.06.049 |
TA2 | 685 |
FMA | 56460 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
The inferior tympanic canaliculus is a small passage of the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve and inferior tympanic artery. In the bony ridge dividing the carotid canal from the jugular fossa is the small inferior tympanic canaliculus. The inferior tympanic canaliculus is near the which houses inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve/petrous ganglion from which the tympanic nerve arises.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 144 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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