Term Name:	internal acoustic meatus
Synonyms:	internal acoustic canal, internal acoustic meatus, internal auditory canal, internal auditory meatus, porus acusticus internus
Definition:	The internal auditory meatus (also internal acoustic meatus, internal auditory canal, and internal acoustic canal) is a canal in the petrous bone of the temporal bone of the skull that carries nerves from inside the cranium towards the middle and inner ear compartments namely cranial nerve VII and cranial nerve VIII.
Ontology:	Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0011859]