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Opening between styloid and mastoid processes. Located on the external temporal skull base. Exit of the facial canal.
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Stylomastoid foramen: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Stylomastoid foramen
Understand what you see.
Opening between styloid and mastoid processes.
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How to recognise it.
- Opening between styloid and mastoid processes
- Located on the external temporal skull base
- Exit of the facial canal
Point them out.
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Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.
01Identify stylomastoid foramen and justify your identification.+
Opening between styloid and mastoid processes. Located on the external temporal skull base. Exit of the facial canal.
02Which nerve exits here?+
Facial nerve VII.
03Does the facial nerve supply parotid gland secretion after entering it?+
No. It traverses the gland but parotid secretomotor fibres arise from IX via the otic ganglion and auriculotemporal nerve.
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