Assertion: facial nerve | /r/CapableOf | approach middle ear cavity
Facets:
value: sharply posteriorly
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.