Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The prominence of the facial canal (prominence of aqueduct of Fallopius) indicates the position of the bony canal in which the facial nerve is contained; this canal traverses the labyrinthic wall of the tympanic cavity above the fenestra vestibuli and behind that opening curves nearly vertically downward along the mastoid wall.

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