tympanic canaliculus
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Introduction
A small passage (canaliculus) from the inferior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone, between the jugular fossa & the carotid canal, to the floor or the tympanic cavity.
It is located in a wedge of bone separating the jugular canal & carotid canal.
It transmits the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.