Aqueduct of cochlea

Aqueduct of cochlea

Infobox Bone
Name = Aqueduct of cochlea
Latin = a. cochleae
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Caption = Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. (Aquæductus cochleæ labeled at left, fifth from the top.)


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Medial to the opening for the carotid canal and close to its posterior border, in front of the jugular fossa, is a triangular depression; at the apex of this is a small opening, the aquaeductus cochleae (or cochlear aqueduct, or aqueduct of cochlea), which lodges a tubular prolongation of the dura mater establishing a communication between the perilymphatic space and the subarachnoid space, and transmits a vein from the cochlea to join the internal jugular


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