tympanic cavity

tympanic 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 apparatus
Part Meronyms:

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noun
: the cavity of the middle ear

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • tympanic cavity — see middle ear …   The new mediacal dictionary

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

  • Mastoid wall of tympanic cavity — Coronal section of right temporal bone. The medi …   Wikipedia

  • Promontory 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 =… …   Wikipedia

  • Tympanic 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… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • 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 — 1. Relating to the t. cavity or membrane. SYN: tympanal (1). 2. Resonant. 3. SYN: tympanitic (2). * * * tym·pan·ic tim pan ik adj of, relating to, or being a tympanum * * * tym·pan·ic (tim panґik) [L. tympanicus, from Gr. tympanon drum] 1. of or… …   Medical dictionary

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