- tympanic antrum
- tympanic antrum n a large air-containing cavity in the mastoid process communicating with the tympanum and often being the location of dangerous inflammation called also mastoid antrum
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a. mastoideum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
tympanic antrum
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Пещера (Antrum) — 1. Полость, особенно углубление в кости. Сосцевидная пещера (mastoid (или tympanic) antrum) представляет собой полость в сосцевидном отростке височной кости, сообщающуюся сзади с сосцевидными ячейками, а спереди с полостью внутреннего уха. 2.… … Медицинские термины
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Entrance to the mastoid antrum — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = aditus ad antrum mastoideum GraySubject = 230 GrayPage = 1042 Caption = The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view. Caption2 = Coronal section of … Wikipedia
