Dorello canal
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Dorello canal channels the abducens nerve (CN VI) from the pontine cistern to the cavernous sinus.
Gross anatomy
Dorello canal is found at the medial most end of the petrous ridge at the confluence of the inferior petrosal, basal, and cavernous sinuses.
Boundaries
- superiorly: petrosphenoidal ligament
(Gruber(Gruber ligament)). - Inferiorly: bounded by a bony notch formed, from lateral to medial, by:
- petrous ridge
- petrosphenoidal suture
- superolateral aspect of the clivus, immediately beneath the posterior clinoid
History and etymology
Named after Primo Dorello (1872-1963), the Italian anatomist who described the anatomical relationship of structures within the canal in 1905 3.
See also
- Gradenigo syndrome: inflammation of the nerve in Dorello canal secondary to petrous apicitis
-<li>superiorly: <a href="/articles/petrosphenoidal-ligament">petrosphenoidal ligament</a> (<a href="/articles/gruber-s-ligament">Gruber ligament</a>).</li>- +<li>superiorly: <a href="/articles/petrosphenoidal-ligament">petrosphenoidal ligament (Gruber ligament)</a>
- +</li>
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