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Meckel's cavity (medicine)


Meckel's cavity -->
trigeminal cave


The cleft in the meningeal layer of dura of the middle cranial fossa near the tip of the petrous part of the temporal bone; it encloses the roots of the trigeminal nerve and the trigeminal ganglion.

Synonym: cavum trigeminale, Meckel's cavity, Meckel's space, trigeminal cavity.