cartilaginous external auditory meatus

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• External acoustic meatus — Infobox Anatomy Name =External acoustic meatus Latin = meatus acusticus externus GraySubject = 229 GrayPage = 1036 Caption = Anatomy of the human ear. Caption2 = Precursor = groove (cleft) of the first branchial arch. [EmbryologyUNC|hednk|022]… …   Wikipedia

• auditory meatus cartilaginous external — m. acusticus externus cartilagineus …   Medical dictionary

• Meatus — An opening or passageway. For example, the female urethral meatus. The urethra is the transport tube from the bladder to the outside of the body. In females the urethra is shorter than in the male. The meatus of the female urethra is just above… …   Medical dictionary

• meatus acusticus externus — [TA] external acoustic meatus: the passage of the external ear leading to the tympanic membrane, divided into an outer cartilaginous meatus and an inner bony meatus. Called also external auditory m. or canal and m. auditorius externus …   Medical dictionary

• otitis externa acute — acute infection of the cartilaginous external auditory meatus, caused by either a fungus (otomycosis) or a bacteria (acute bacterial otitis externa). It is common in swimmers and in hot, humid weather. Symptoms include pain and swelling,… …   Medical dictionary

• Ear canal — External acoustic meatus Anatomy of the human ear. Latin meatus acusticus externus Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Otoplasty — Otoplasty: the pre operative front aspect (left), and the post operative front aspect (right) of an infantile otopexy (ear pinback) correction to a girl. Otoplasty (Greek ōtoûs, ear + plassein, to shape) denotes the surgical and non surgical… …   Wikipedia

• tragus — 1. [NA] A tonguelike projection of the cartilage of the auricle in front of the opening of the external acoustic meatus and continuous with the cartilage of this canal. SYN: antilobium, hircus …   Medical dictionary

• Pinna — The ear or, to be more precise, the part of the ear that projects like a little wing from the head. In Latin, pinna means wing. * * * 1. SYN: auricle (1). 2. A feather, wing, or fin. [L. p. or penna, a feather, in pl. a wing] p. nasi SYN: ala of… …   Medical dictionary

• cleft — A fissure. anal c. SYN: intergluteal c.. branchial clefts a bilateral series of slitlike openings into the pharynx through which water is drawn by aquatic animals; in the walls of the clefts are the vascular gill filaments that …   Medical dictionary

• sound reception — Introduction       response of an organism s aural mechanism, the ear, to a specific form of energy change, or sound waves. Sound waves can be transmitted through gases, liquids, or solids, but the hearing function of each species is particularly …   Universalium