"facial" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The descent of the foramen is necessarily accompanied by a corresponding lengthening of the facial canal.
- The Labyrinthic or Medial Wall is vertical in direction, and presents for examination the oval window and round window, the promontory, and the prominence of the facial canal.
- It is the termination of the facial canal, and transmits the facial nerve and stylomastoid artery.
- For example, in the facial canal, the genicular ganglion is situated on the geniculum of the facial nerve, the point where the nerve changes its direction.
- The facial nerve forms the geniculate ganglion prior to entering the facial canal.
- At its end are the openings for three different canals, one of which is the facial canal.
- The facial nerve travels through the facial canal, eventually exiting the skull at the stylomastoid foramen.
- Upon reaching the facial canal, it joins with the motor root of the facial nerve at the geniculate ganglion.
- The remaining preganglionic fibers continue as the mixed facial nerve proper as it extends through the facial canal.
- Ferrein's foramen: Hiatus of facial canal that makes passage for the greater petrosal nerve.
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