Created at 1:28 p.m. Apr, 23, 2025
Author: bear1901
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Rationale for change

The facial nerve (CN VII) and the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) both enter the skull through the internal acoustic meatus, not exit. This point is clarified in AMBOSS, which states that both nerves—along with the labyrinthine artery and vein—are penetrating structures of the internal acoustic meatus, traveling into the petrous part of the temporal bone toward the internal auditory canal. The facial nerve continues its course through the facial canal, ultimately exiting the skull via the stylomastoid foramen alongside the stylomastoid artery.


AMBOSS: Internal Acoustic Meatus-https://next.amboss.com/us/article/vK0ARS?q=does+facial+and+vestibulocochlear+nerve+enter+or+exit+internal+acoustic+meatus&v=overview#Z0bfd6fc90292360a0e289b9eeae33514

AMBOSS: Facial Nerve Pathway-https://next.amboss.com/us/article/tR0XKf?q=Facial%20nerve%20exit%20styloimastoid#Y81cfc1f39870e92966ff0761b33075a8

Ps. we need to make a card that the facial nerve exits via stylomastoid foramen

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