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facial canal

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Main Entry: facial canal
Function: noun
: a passage in the petrous part of the temporal bone that extends from the internal auditory canal to the stylomastoid foramen andtransmits various branches of the facial nerve called also aqueduct of Fallopius, fallopian aqueduct, fallopian canal
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facial canal n.
The bony passage in the temporal bone through which the facial nerve passes to the stylomastoid foramen.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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