Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve
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{{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. |
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DorlandsPre = h_11 |
DorlandsSuf = 12421952 |
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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}}
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[[hu:Hiatus canalis facialis]]