Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. (Inferior tympanic canaliculus labeled at left, fourth from the top.)
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|Latin
|colspan="2"|c. tympanicus
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|MeSH
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
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In the bony ridge dividing the carotid canal from the jugular fossa is the small inferior tympanic canaliculus for the passage of the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.