Fig. 1. Schematic drawing of the right skull base illustrating the tensor tympani muscle (asterisk) after the roof of the middle ear has been removed. Note the muscles attachment onto the malleus (M). For reference, note the middle meningeal artery (MM), greater petrosal nerve (GPN), geniculate ganglion (GG), and cranial nerves trigeminal (CNV), facial (CNVII), and vestibulocochlear (CNVIII).
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