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    The petrotympanic fissure (also known as the squamotympanic fissure or the glaserian fissure) is a fissure in the temporal bone that runs from the temporomandibular...
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    mandibular part of) the maxillary artery. It passes through the petrotympanic fissure to entre the middle ear where it contributes to the formation of...
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    which are three small apertures: the "iter chordæ posterius", the petrotympanic fissure, and the "iter chordæ anterius". The iter chordæ posterius (apertura...
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    wall of the tympanic cavity close to the petrotympanic fissure. Some of the fibers also pass through the fissure to the spine of sphenoid bone. The lateral...
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    and left lungs Auricular fissure, found in the temporal bone Petrotympanic fissure Pterygomaxillary fissure Sphenoidal fissure, separates the wings and...
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    fossa is divided into two parts by a narrow slit, the petrotympanic fissure (Glaserian fissure). It is concave in shape to receive the condyloid process...
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    Tympanic cavity Mandibular fossa Articular tubercle Petrotympanic fissure Petrosquamous fissure Ethmoid Cribriform plate Cribriform foramina Crista galli...
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    facial canal to chorda tympani, through middle ear cavity, out petrotympanic fissure to join the lingual nerve, travels with lingual nerve to synapse...
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    the fetal disk. The disk also continues posteriorly through the petrotympanic fissure and attaches to the malleus of the middle ear. A growth center is...
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    tympanomastoid fissure. Its upper border fuses laterally with the back of the postglenoid process, while medially it bounds the petrotympanic fissure. The medial...
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