tympanomastoid
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tympanomastoid abscess — an abscess of the tympanum and mastoid … Medical dictionary
tympanomastoid fissure — fissura tympanomastoidea … Medical dictionary
Fissure — A cleft or groove. A fissure can be normal or abnormal. A fissure in the cerebral cortex is a normal feature. It is a deep fold that involves the entire thickness of the brain wall. A fissure in the anus is distinctly abnormal. It is a painful… … Medical dictionary
Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… … Medical dictionary
Auricular branch of vagus nerve — Nerve: Alderman s nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Auricular labeled at top center.) Latin ramus auricularis nervi vagi Gray s … Wikipedia
Petrous part of the temporal bone — Infobox Bone Name = Petrous portion of the temporal bone Latin = pars petrosa ossis temporalis GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 142 Caption = Left temporal bone. Outer surface. Caption2 = Diagrammatic view of the fundus of the right internal acoustic… … Wikipedia
Tympanic part of the temporal bone — Infobox Bone Name = Tympanic part of the temporal bone Latin = pars tympanica ossis temporalis GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 145 Caption = Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Tympanic part at bottom center.) Caption2 = Coronal section of right… … Wikipedia
fissura — 1. SYN: fissure. 2. In neuroanatomy, a particularly deep sulcus of the surface of the brain or spinal cord. [L. fr. findo, to cleave] f. antitragohelicina [TA] a fissure in the auricular cartilage between the … Medical dictionary
mastoid canaliculus — canaliculus mastoideus [TA] a minute passage beginning in the lateral wall of the jugular fossa of the temporal bone and passing into the temporal bone. The auricular branch of the vagus nerve passes through it to exit via the tympanomastoid… … Medical dictionary
fissura tympanomastoidea — [TA] tympanomastoid fissure: an external fissure on the inferior and lateral aspect of the skull between the tympanic portion and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; the auricular branch of the vagus nerve often passes through it. Called… … Medical dictionary
