Internal auditory meatus
Infobox Bone
Name = Internal auditory meatus
Latin = meatus acusticus internus
GraySubject = 34
GrayPage = 143
Caption = Lefttemporal bone . Inner surface.
Caption2 = Diagrammatic view of the fundus of the right internal acoustic meatus.
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DorlandsPre = m_06
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The internal acoustic meatus (also internal auditory meatus) is a canal in thetemporal bone of the skull that carries nerves from inside the cranium towards the middle and inner ear compartments.tructure
The opening to the internal acoustic meatus is located inside the cranial cavity, near the center of the posterior surface of the
temporal bone . The size varies considerably; its margins are smooth and rounded. The canal is short (about 1 cm) and runs laterally into the bone. At its end are the openings for three different canals, one of which is thefacial canal .Unlike the
external acoustic meatus , the internal acoustic meatus does not transmit sound waves. It instead transmits the facial andvestibulocochlear nerve s and thelabyrinthine artery (an internal auditory branch of thebasilar artery ). The facial nerve travels through thefacial canal , eventually exiting the skull at thestylomastoid foramen .The opening of the meatus is called the porus acusticus internus, or its English translation, the internal acoustic opening.
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External auditory meatus References
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* (NormanAnatomyFig|VII)
* [http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/makro1/t112ii.htm Diagram of Porus acusticus internus]
* [http://www.bcm.edu/oto/studs/fn.html Diagram of Porus acusticus internus]
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