Fig. 6
From: Developing a production workflow for 3D-printed temporal bone surgical simulators
a CAD modelling and (b) 3D rendering of the expected course of the tympanic segment of the chorda tympani nerve (arrow) which courses medial to the handle of the malleus. c This is not normally visualised on CT due to its thin size and low density. The nerve is identified and preserved during ENT procedures involving the middle ear