small canal of chorda tympani

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• canaliculus for chorda tympani — canaliculus chordae tympani [TA] a small canal that opens off the facial canal just before its termination, transmitting the chorda tympani nerve into the tympanic cavity; called also Civinini canal …   Medical dictionary

• canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root …   Medical dictionary

• Tensor tympani — Infobox Muscle Name = PAGENAME Latin = musculus tensor tympani GraySubject = 231 GrayPage = 1046 Caption = The right membrana tympani with the hammer and the chorda tympani, viewed from within, from behind, and from above. Caption2 = The medial… …   Wikipedia

• canaliculus — A small canal or channel. SEE ALSO: iter. [L. dim. fr. canalis, canal] anterior c. of chorda tympani a canal in the petrotympanic or glaserian fissure, near its posterior edge, through which the …   Medical dictionary

• branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery …   Medical dictionary

• Facial nerve — Nerve: Facial nerve Cranial nerve VII The nerves of the scalp, face, and side of neck …   Wikipedia

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