| Facial canal |
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| Route of facial nerve, with facial canal labeled |
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| View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Facial canal visible in upper left.) |
| Latin |
canalis nervi facialis |
The facial canal (also known as Fallopian Canal[1] -first described by Gabriele Falloppio-) is a Z-shaped canal running through the temporal bone from the internal acoustic meatus to the stylomastoid foramen. In humans it is approximately 3 centimeters long, which makes it the longest human osseous canal of a nerve.[2][dubious – discuss] It is located within the middle ear region, according to its shape it is divided into three main segments: the labyrinthine, the tympanic, and the mastoidal segment.[3]. It contains Cranial Nerve VII, also known as the facial nerve.
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- ^ "Rauchfuss, A.; Abing, W." (2005). "Fetal development of the tympanic part of the facial canal". European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology 243 (6): 374–377. PMID 3566620.
- ^ Weiglein AH (June 1996). "Postnatal development of the facial canal. An investigation based on cadaver dissections and computed tomography". Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 18 (2): 115–23. doi:10.1007/BF01795229. PMID 8782317.
- ^ "Einspieler, R., Weiglein, A., Anderhuber, W. and Jakse, R." (1994). "Imaging of the facial canal by means of multiplanar angulated 2-D-high-resolution CT-reconstruction". Surgical and radiologic anatomy 16 (4): 423–427. doi:10.1007/BF01627665. PMID 7725200.
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