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Pharyngotympanic groove

pharyngotympanic groove --> groove for auditory tube

A furrow on the inner surface of the posterior border of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, for the cartilaginous auditory tube.

Synonym: sulcus tubae auditivae, pharyngotympanic groove.


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