Funicular structure of the facial nerve.

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  • Murakami S.
    Department of Otolaryngology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital
  • Yanagihara N.
    Department of Otolaryngology, Ehime University School of Medicine

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  • 茎乳突孔付近における顔面神経の神経束構造について

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Funicular structure of the facial nerve was investigated with adult guinea pigs by cross and vertical serial sections stained with toluidin blue. The facial nerve is composed of a single funiculus at the origin of the chorda tympani. It is divided into a few large distorted funiculi by a thin perineural sheath at just proximal part of the stylomastoid foramen. Most of the large distorted funiculi further repeat divisions and the perineural sheath becomes thick and round, although some funiculi fuse together at the distal part of the stylomastoid foramen. At the 2 mm from the stylomastoid foramen, many small round funiculi are seen in the outer part of the facial nerve, since the divisions of funiculus are more remarkable in the outer part than the central part.

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  • CRID
    1390282679747509760
  • NII Article ID
    130004355799
  • DOI
    10.11289/otoljpn1981.19.141
  • ISSN
    18845797
    02889781
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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