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Course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone

Course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone — Peripheral nerves
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

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Course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone. Lateral view of the skull.

Region
skull
Structure
temporal bone
View
lateral
System
cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, autonomic, arteries, bone, special sense
Focus
facial nerve, geniculate ganglion, greater petrosal nerve, chorda tympani

Structures labelled on this plate

  • External superficial petrosal
  • Branch to join lesser superficial petrosal
  • Greater superficial petrosal
  • Middle Mening. A
  • Chorda
  • Tympani
  • Genicular ganglion
  • Facial
  • Acoustic

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.