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Huguier 's canal, middle ear, morphometric analysis.
The middle ear and the stomatognatic system are closely anatomically and func- tionally related. The anterior chordal canal of Huguier connects the temporomandib- ular joint (TMJ) and the middle ear. This canal is formed by the inferior process of tegment tympani and the sphenoid bone and it is located at the medial end of the petrotympanic fissure. To data, few studies aimed to describe Huguier's canal mor- phology and its related structures (Toth et al., 2006; Sato...