Medical Definition of Tympanic canal

1. A minute canal passing from the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone between the jugular fossa and carotid canal to the floor of the tympanic cavity. Located in the wedge of bone separating the jugular canal and carotid canal, it transmits the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve. Synonym: canaliculus tympanicus, Jacobson's canal, tympanic canal. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tympanic Canal

tymovirus
tymp
tympan
tympan-
tympana
tympanal
tympanectomy
tympani
tympania
tympanic
tympanic air cells
tympanic antrum
tympanic attic
tympanic body
tympanic bone
tympanic canal (current term)
tympanic canaliculus
tympanic cavity
tympanic cells
tympanic enlargement
tympanic ganglion
tympanic gland
tympanic groove
tympanic incisure
tympanic intumescence
tympanic labium of limbus of spiral lamina
tympanic lip of limbus of spiral lamina
tympanic membrane
tympanic membrane perforation
tympanic nerve

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