tympanic canal

tympanic canal
tympanic canal n SCALA TYMPANI

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  • tympanic plate — n a curved platelike bone that is part of the temporal bone and forms the floor and anterior wall of the external auditory canal * * * pars tympanica ossis temporalis …   Medical dictionary

  • Tympanic nerve — Nerve: Tympanic nerve Plan of upper portions of glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves. (Tympanic nerve visible in upper right.) Latin nervus tympanicus Gray s …   Wikipedia

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  • tympanic membrane — Anat., Zool. eardrum. See diag. under ear. [1855 60] * * * ▪ anatomy also called eardrum,   membrane in the human ear that receives sound vibrations from the outer air and transmits them to the auditory ossicles, which are tiny bones in the… …   Universalium

  • 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

  • tympanic canaliculus — canaliculus tympanicus [TA] a small opening on the inferior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone in the floor of the petrosal fossa; it transmits the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve and a small artery. Called also… …   Medical dictionary

  • Tympanic membrane — Just the ear drum. * * * tympanic membrane n a thin membrane separating the middle ear from the inner part of the external auditory canal that vibrates in response to sound energy and transmits the resulting mechanical vibrations to the… …   Medical dictionary

  • Membranous wall of tympanic cavity — Coronal section of right temporal bone. The m …   Wikipedia

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