Prominence of lateral semicircular canal
Prominentia canalis semicircularis lateralis
Definition
On the medial wall of the entrance to the antrum is a rounded eminence (Prominence of lateral semicircular canal), situated above and behind the prominence of the facial canal; it corresponds with the position of the ampullated ends of the superior and lateral semicircular canals.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
