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tympanic canaliculus
Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. (tympanic canaliculus labeled at left, fourth from the top.)
Details
Identifiers
Latincanaliculus tympanicus [1]
TA98 A02.1.06.049
TA2 685
FMA 56460
Anatomical terms of bone

The tympanic canaliculus [1] (also tympanic canal, [2] inferior tympanic canaliculus, [3] temporal canaliculus, [4] or Jacobson canal [2]) is a minute canal [2] in the bony wedge [2]/ridge [3] that separates the carotid canal [2] [3] and jugular foramen [2]/ jugular fossa. [3] The proximal opening of the canal is situated upon the inferior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone; its distal opening is situated upon the floor of the tympanic cavity. [2] The canal gives passage to the tympanic nerve i.e. tympanic branch of glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)), [2] [3] [4] and inferior tympanic artery. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Anatonomina". www.terminologia-anatomica.org. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "tympanic canaliculus". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 1139.
  4. ^ a b c Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 586. ISBN  978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC  1201341621.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)