Inferior tympanic canaliculus

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 fossula petrosa which houses inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve/petrous ganglion from which the tympanic nerve arises.

tympanic canaliculus
Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. (tympanic canaliculus labeled at left, fourth from the top.)
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Identifiers
LatinCanaliculus tympanicus
TA98A02.1.06.049
TA2685
FMA56460
Anatomical terms of bone

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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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