mastoid air cells

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• mastoid cells — mastoid air cells cellulae mastoideae …   Medical dictionary

• Mastoid part of the temporal bone — Bone: Mastoid portion of the temporal bone Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones …   Wikipedia

• mastoid abscess — an abscess within the mastoid process and the air cells, as a complication of mastoiditis. Called also intramastoid a. and mastoid empyema …   Medical dictionary

• Mastoid cells — Coronal section of right temporal bone. (Mastoid cells labeled at bottom left.) Latin cellulae mastoideae Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Entrance to the mastoid antrum — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = aditus ad antrum mastoideum GraySubject = 230 GrayPage = 1042 Caption = The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view. Caption2 = Coronal section of …   Wikipedia

• mastoid process — n the process of the temporal bone behind the ear that is well developed and of somewhat conical form in adults but inconspicuous in children * * * a nipple shaped process on the temporal bone that extends downward and forward behind the ear… …   Medical dictionary

• mastoid antrum — n TYMPANIC ANTRUM * * * antrum mastoideum [TA] an air space in the mastoid portion of the temporal bone, communicating with the tympanic cavity and the mastoid cells; called also tympanic a. and mastoid cavity …   Medical dictionary

• mastoid process — a nipple shaped process on the temporal bone that extends downward and forward behind the ear canal and is the point of attachment of several neck muscles. It contains many air spaces (mastoid cells), which communicate with the cavity of the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   Medical dictionary

• ear disease — ▪ human Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human ear and hearing.       Impaired hearing (deafness) is, with rare exception, the result of disease or abnormality of the outer, middle, or inner ear. Serious… …   Universalium

• mastoidectomy — A group of operations on the mastoid process of the temporal bone and middle ear to drain, expose, or remove an infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic lesion. [ …   Medical dictionary