Mesh term Ear, Middle
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Description
The space and structures directly internal to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and external to the inner ear (LABYRINTH). Its major components include the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE that connects the cavity of middle ear (tympanic cavity) to the upper part of the throat.Browse to child terms:
Ear Ossicles
Eustachian Tube
Glomus Tympanicum
Stapedius
Tensor Tympani
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