Dorlands
/Elsevier h_11/12421952 FMA 56445 | TA A02.1.06.024 | |
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Latin Hiatus canalis nervi petrosi majoris,
hiatus canalis facialis | ||
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 from the facial canal.
References
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