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Lateral dissection of facial nerve and middle ear

Lateral dissection of facial nerve and middle ear — Peripheral nerves
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Lateral dissection of facial nerve and middle ear. Lateral view of the skull.

Region
skull
Structure
temporal bone
View
lateral
System
cranial nerves, bone, special sense, arteries, dural sinuses, muscle
Focus
facial nerve, geniculate ganglion, middle ear ossicles, petrous temporal bone

Structures labelled on this plate

  • malleus
  • chorda tympani
  • maxillary nerve
  • ophthalmic nerve
  • great superficial petrosal nerve
  • genicul. gangl. of fac, nerve
  • oculomotor nerve
  • internal carotid artery
  • trigeminal nerve
  • semilunar ganglion
  • facial nerve
  • abducent nerve
  • intermediate nerve
  • acoustic nerve
  • stapes
  • mastoid portion of temporal bone ×
  • stylomastoid foramen
  • glossopharyngeal, vagus and accessory nerves
  • Stylohyoideus
  • stylohyoid branch
  • facial canal
  • digastric branch
  • Digastricus
  • transverse sinus ×

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.