tympanic cavity
1tympanic cavity — n MIDDLE EAR * * * see middle ear * * * cavitas tympani …
2Tympanic cavity — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = cavitas tympani GraySubject = 230 GrayPage = 1037 Caption = The cochlea and vestibule, viewed from above. (Tympanic cavity labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = MapPos = Tympanic cavity | MapCaption = Bones… …
3tympanic cavity — noun the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear • Syn: ↑middle ear, ↑tympanum • Hypernyms: ↑cavity, ↑bodily cavity, ↑cavum • Part Holonyms: ↑auditory appara …
4tympanic cavity — see middle ear …
5Membranous wall of tympanic cavity — Coronal section of right temporal bone. The m …
6Mastoid wall of tympanic cavity — Coronal section of right temporal bone. The medi …
7Promontory of the tympanic cavity — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = promontorium tympani GraySubject = 230 GrayPage = 1042 Caption = View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Promontory visible near center.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph =… …
8Tympanic plexus — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = plexus tympanicus GraySubject = 204 GrayPage = 909 Caption = View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Grooves for tympanic plexus labeled at center.) Caption2 = Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and… …
9Tympanic 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 …
10tympanic 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… …
