Wikipedia: inferior tympanic canaliculus
In the bony ridge dividing the carotid canal from the jugular fossa is the small inferior tympanic canaliculus for the passage of the tympanic branch of
the glossopharyngeal nerve .
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Bones of head and neck : the cranium
Occipital Foramen magnum -
Squama occipitalis (Inion - Nuchal lines - Planum occipitale - Planum nuchale - Cruciform eminence - Internal occipital protuberance - Sagittal
sulcus - Internal occipital crest )Lateral parts (Occipital
condyle - Hypoglossal canal - Condyloid
fossa - Condylar canal - Jugular process
- Jugular tubercle ) - Basilar
part (Pharyngeal tubercle )
Parietal Parietal
eminence - Temporal line - Parietal
foramen
Frontal Squama frontalis
(Frontal suture - Frontal eminence -
Superciliary arches - Glabella - Supraorbital foramen - Zygomatic process
- Sagittal sulcus - Frontal crest -
Foramen cecum ) - Pars orbitalis
(Ethmoidal notch - Lacrimal fossa -
Trochlear fovea - Posterior ethmoidal
foramen - Anterior ethmoidal foramen - Frontal sinus - Frontonasal duct )
Temporal Squama
temporalis (Articular tubercle - Suprameatal triangle - Mandibular fossa -
Petrotympanic fissure ) - Mastoid portion (Mastoid foramen -
Mastoid process - Mastoid notch -
Occipital groove - Sigmoid sulcus -
Mastoid antrum ) - Petrous
portion (Facial canal - Hiatus of the
facial canal - Internal auditory meatus - Subarcuate fossa - Carotid canal - Aqueduct of cochlea - Jugular fossa - Inferior tympanic canaliculus - Mastoid canaliculus -
Styloid process - Stylomastoid
foramen - Petrosquamous suture ) - Tympanic part (Suprameatal spine ) -
Zygomatic process
Sphenoid Body Superior
surface (Ethmoidal spine , Chiasmatic
groove , Optic foramen , Sella turcica ,
Fossa hypophyseos , Middle clinoid
process , Dorsum sellae , Posterior
clinoid processes , Petrosal process , Clivus ) - Lateral surface (Carotid groove -
Sphenoidal lingula ) - Anterior surface (Sphenoidal sinuses ) - Great wings
(Spine , Foramen rotundum ,
Foramen ovale , Foramen
Vesalii , Foramen spinosum , Infratemporal
crest , Sulcus tubae auditivae ) - Small wings (Superior orbital fissure ,
Anterior clinoid process , Optic foramen )
- Pterygoid processes (Pterygoid
fossa , Scaphoid fossa , Lateral pterygoid
plate , Medial pterygoid plate , Pterygoid
canal , Pterygoid hamulus ) - Sphenoidal
conchae
Ethmoid Cribriform plate (Crista galli ) - Perpendicular plate - Labyrinth
(Ethmoid sinus ) - Lateral surface Lamina
papyracea - Uncinate process - Medial surface
Middle nasal concha - Superior meatus -
Superior nasal concha - Middle meatus
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