Nerve to the stapedius

Nerve to the stapedius
Details
From facial nerve
Innervates Stapedius
Identifiers
Latin nervus stapedius
Dorlands
/Elsevier
n_05/12566754
TA A14.2.01.101
FMA 53275

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The Nerve to the Stapedius (tympanic branch) arises opposite the pyramidal eminence.

It passes through a small canal in this eminence to reach the stapedius muscle.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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