Fallopian canal
Last revised by Joshua Yap on 25 Oct 2022
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Gaillard F, Yap J, Bell D, et al. Fallopian canal. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 29 Nov 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1324
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2 May 2008, Frank Gaillard ◈
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- Facial canal
- Facial nerve canal
The fallopian canal or facial nerve canal refers to a bony canal through which the facial nerve traverses the petrous temporal bone, from the internal acoustic meatus to the stylomastoid foramen.
There are three segments of the canal, corresponding to the segments of the facial nerve they contain:
labyrinthine
tympanic
mastoid
Two genua (anterior genu and posterior genu) are also present.
As an interesting point of anatomical trivia, it is the longest bony canal through which a nerve passes in the human body.
History and etymology
It is named after Gabriele Falloppio (also known by his Latin name Fallopius), an Italian anatomist (1523-1562) after whom the fallopian tube and fallopian ligament are also named 3.
References
- 1. Sinnatamby CS, Last RJ. Last's anatomy, regional and applied. Churchill Livingstone. (1999) ISBN:0443056110. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. Clemente CD. Anatomy, a regional atlas of the human body. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2007) ISBN:0781751039. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 3. Tsaraklis A, Karamanou M, Androutsos G, Skandalakis P, Venieratos D. Preventing syphilis in the 16th century: the distinguished Italian anatomist Gabriele Falloppio (1523-1562) and the invention of the condom. (2017) Le infezioni in medicina : rivista periodica di eziologia, epidemiologia, diagnostica, clinica e terapia delle patologie infettive. 24 (4): 395-398. Pubmed
- 4. Facial Nerve Anatomy by Alpen A Patel from emedicine.com. Facial Nerve Anatomy
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