Prominence of facial canal

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Prominence of facial canal
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View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Facial canal visible in upper left; promontory labeled at center.)
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Coronal section of right temporal bone. (Prominence of the facial canal labeled at top, fourth from the left.)
Details
Latin prominentia canalis facialis
Identifiers
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Anatomical terminology
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The prominence of the facial canal (prominence of aqueduct of Fallopius) indicates the position of the bony canal in which the facial nerve is contained; this canal traverses the labyrinthic wall of the tympanic cavity above the fenestra vestibuli, and behind that opening curves nearly vertically downward along the mastoid wall.

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References

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


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