Internal auditory meatus

Internal auditory meatus
Right temporal bone. Inner surface.
Diagrammatic view of the fundus of the right internal acoustic meatus.
Details
SystemPetrous part of the temporal bone of the skull
Identifiers
Latinmeatus acusticus internus
TA98A02.1.06.033
TA2671
FMA53163
Anatomical terms of bone

The internal auditory meatus (also meatus acusticus internus, internal acoustic meatus, internal auditory canal, or internal acoustic canal) is a canal within the petrous part of the temporal bone of the skull between the posterior cranial fossa and the inner ear.

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