Assertion: facial nerve | /r/CapableOf | course through facial canal
Facets:
value: in the petrous temporal bone
type: LOCATION
value: posterolaterally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Coursing posterolaterally through the facial canal in the petrous temporal bone, the facial nerve approaches the middle ear cavity, where it turns (internal genu) sharply posteriorly and continues superior and posterior to the middle ear cavity to eventually exit the temporal bone via the stylomastoid foramen.