Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve 4886553 193176930 2008-02-22T01:51:32Z Arcadian 104523 image {{Infobox Bone | Name = Hiatus of the facial canal | Latin = hiatus canalis nervi petrosi majoris, hiatus canalis facialis | GraySubject = 34 | GrayPage = 142 | Image = Hiatuscanalisfacialis.PNG | Caption = Coronal section of right [[temporal bone]]. (Bristle in hiatus of facial canal labeled at upper right.) | Image2 = Gray789.png | Caption2 = The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone. | System = | Precursor = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = h_11 | DorlandsSuf = 12421952 | }} A shallow groove, sometimes double, leading lateralward and backward to an oblique opening, the '''hiatus for greater petrosal nerve''' (or '''hiatus of the facial canal'''), for the passage of the [[greater superficial petrosal nerve]] and the [[petrosal branch]] of the [[middle meningeal artery]]. ==See also== * [[Facial canal]] ==External links== * {{NormanAnatomy|cranialnerves}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|VII}}) {{Gray's}} {{Skull}} {{Foramina of skull}} {{musculoskeletal-stub}} [[hu:Hiatus canalis facialis]]