Hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve

[TA] the small opening in the petrous bone lateral to the hiatus for greater petrosal nerve that gives passage to the lesser petrosal nerve. SYN: hiatus canalis nervi petrosi minoris [TA], Arnold canal, canalis nervi petrosi superficialis minoris.

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