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Facial canal |
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| Route of facial nerve, with facial canal labeled | |
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| View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Facial canal visible in upper left.) | |
| Latin | canalis nervi facialis |
The facial canal is a canal running from the internal acoustic meatus to the stylomastoid foramen, with approximately 3cm total length is the longest osseous canal of a nerve in a man 1. It is located within the middle ear region, and it is divided into three segments: the labyrinthine, the tympanic, and the mastoidal segment.citation needed
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