Prominence of facial canal

Prominence of facial canal

View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Facial canal visible in upper left; promontory labeled at center.)

Coronal section of right temporal bone. (Prominence of the facial canal labeled at top, fourth from the left.)
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Identifiers
Latin prominentia canalis facialis
TA A15.3.02.023
FMA 77731

Anatomical terminology

The prominence of the facial canal (prominence of aqueduct of Fallopius) indicates the position of the bony facial canal in which the facial nerve is contained; this canal traverses the medial wall of the tympanic cavity above the oval window, and behind this it curves nearly vertically downward along the posterior wall.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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