Sulcus of auditory tube

Sulcus of auditory tube
Details
Identifiers
Latin Sulcus tubae auditivae,
Sulcus tubae auditoriae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
s_28/12770193
TA A02.1.05.041
FMA 75761

Anatomical terms of bone

The lateral half of the great wing of the sphenoid bone articulates, by means of a synchondrosis, with the petrous part of the temporal bone. Between these two bones on the under surface of the skull, is a furrow, the 'sulcus of auditory tubule, for the lodgement of the cartilaginous part of the auditory tube.

References

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


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