Prominence of facial canal
The prominence of the facial canal (prominence of aqueduct of Fallopius) indicates the position of the bony facial canal in which the facial nerve is contained; this canal traverses the medial wall of the tympanic cavity above the oval window, and behind this it curves nearly vertically downward along the posterior wall.
| Prominence of facial canal | |
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 View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Facial canal visible in upper left; promontory labeled at center.) | |
 Coronal section of right temporal bone. (Prominence of the facial canal labeled at top, fourth from the left.) | |
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| Latin | prominentia canalis facialis |
| TA | A15.3.02.023 |
| FMA | 77731 |
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References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1042 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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