tympanic opening of the auditory tube

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• Auditory tube — The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx, also known as the Eustachian tube. The function of this tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of middle… …   Medical dictionary

• Tube, auditory — The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx, also known as the Eustachian tube. The function of this tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of middle… …   Medical dictionary

• Tube, Eustachian — The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of middle ear inflammation (otitis… …   Medical dictionary

• Tube, otopharyngeal — The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx, known also as the Eustachian tube. The function of this tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of middle… …   Medical dictionary

• Tube — A long hollow cylinder. There are many tube like structures in the human body, such as the auditory tube (Eustachian tube) in the ear. * * * 1. A hollow cylindrical structure or canal. 2. A hollow cylinder or pipe. SYN: tuba [TA]. [L. tubus]… …   Medical dictionary

• opening — A gap in or entrance to an organ, tube, or cavity. SEE ALSO: aperture, fossa, ostium, orifice, pore. access o. SYN: access. aortic o. SYN: aortic hiatus …   Medical dictionary

• Auditory — Au di*to*ry, a. [L. auditorius.] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See {Ear}. [1913 Webster] {Auditory canal} (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Auditory canal — Auditory Au di*to*ry, a. [L. auditorius.] Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See {Ear}. [1913 Webster] {Auditory canal} (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus or opening of the ear to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Eustachian tube — The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of middle ear inflammation (otitis… …   Medical dictionary

• Otopharyngeal tube — The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx, known also as the Eustachian tube. The function of this tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of middle… …   Medical dictionary

• Petrous part of the temporal bone — Infobox Bone Name = Petrous portion of the temporal bone Latin = pars petrosa ossis temporalis GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 142 Caption = Left temporal bone. Outer surface. Caption2 = Diagrammatic view of the fundus of the right internal acoustic… …   Wikipedia