Landmark · Skeletal system
Sulcus of auditory tube
Sulcus tubae auditivae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Landmark on
- Sphenoid bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
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.
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Names
- Latin
- Sulcus tubae auditivae
- English
- Sulcus of auditory tube
- French
- Sillon du canal auditif
- Spanish
- Surco de la tuba auditiva
- Portuguese
- Sulco da tuba auditiva