Dorello's canal

Dorello's Canal is the bow-shaped bony enclosure surrounding the abducent nerve and the inferior petrosal sinus as the two structures merge with the cavernous sinus. It is sometimes found at the tip of the temporal bone.

See also

• Sixth (abducent) nerve palsy

External links

• Dorello's canal: a microanatomical study

This anatomy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Anatomy stubs Human anatomy Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Dorelia McNeill Dorema aucheri Look at other dictionaries: Dorello canal — Do·rel·lo canal (do relґo) [Primo Dorello, Italian anatomist, 1872–1963] see under canal …   Medical dictionary canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root …   Medical dictionary Dorello — P., Italian anatomist, *1872. See D. canal …   Medical dictionary Dorello canal — an opening sometimes found in the temporal bone through which the abducent nerve and inferior petrosal sinus together enter the cavernous sinus …   Medical dictionary syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”