tympanic canal
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tympanic canal — noun : a minute canal leading into the middle ear and transmitting the tympanic nerve (sense 1) … Useful english dictionary
tympanic canal of cochlea — scala tympani … Medical dictionary
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
canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root … Medical dictionary
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
