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Meckel's space
Also known as:
Cavum Meckelli
Meckel's cavity
Meckel’s cave
Associated persons:
Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder
Description:
The cavity, or cleft, between two layers of dura over the petrous portion of the temporal bone that encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion.
Bibliography:
- J. F. Meckel:
Tractatus anatomico physiologicus de quinto pare nervorum cerebri.
Göttingen 1748.
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