Assertion: temporal bone | /r/CapableOf | serve as passage
Facets:
value: into the tympanic cavity
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for chorda tympani
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for the lesser petrosal nerve
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The hiatus for the lesser petrosal nerve is an opening in the petrous part of the temporal bone which serves as a passage for the lesser petrosal nerve as it separates from the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX).
text: The canaliculus for chorda tympani is a small canal in the temporal bone, which starts at the descending part of the facial canal and ends at the tympanic cavity, serving as a passage for chorda tympani into the tympanic cavity.