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internal auditory meatus
noun
, Anatomy.
- the canal extending through the petrous portion of the temporal bone, through which the glossopharyngeal nerve, the facial nerve, and the auditory nerve and artery pass.
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By this means the posterior surface of the petrous bone can be exposed as far inwards as the internal auditory meatus.
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