Fallopian canal
Named after Gabriel Fallopius (Italian anatomist, 1523 - 1562) (also of Fallopian tube and Fallopian ligament fame), the Fallopian canal is the bony canal through which the facial nerve traverses the petrous temporal bone, from the internal acoustic meatus to the stylomastoid foramen. It is, for those of you fond of trivia, the longest bony canal through which a nerve passes. It is also responsible for the silliest mnemonic dances to remember the twists and turns of the nerve.
