external meatus

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• external auditory canal — n the auditory canal leading from the opening of the external ear to the eardrum called also external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus * * * meatus acusticus externus …   Medical dictionary

• Meatus — Me*a tus, n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. {Meatuses}. [L., a going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of {Ear}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• meatus — [mē āt′əs] n. pl. meatuses or meatus [LL, avenue of sensation in the body < L, a passage, pp. of meare, to go, pass < IE base * mei , to go] a ductlike passage within the body or the external opening of such a passage, as in the ear, nose,… …   English World dictionary

• external orifice of urethra — external urethral orifice urinary meatus …   Medical dictionary

• external auditory foramen — meatus acusticus externus …   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

• 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

• Meatus — In anatomy, a meatus is a natural body opening or canal (Latin, 4th declension pl. meatus, or meatuses often incorrectly meati). Examples include: the external acoustic meatus, the opening of the ear canal The internal auditory meatus, a canal in …   Wikipedia

• 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

• External ear — There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The external ear looks complicated but it is functionally the simplest part of the ear. It consists of the pinna or auricle (the visible projecting …   Medical dictionary

• meatus acusticus externus cartilagineus — [TA] cartilaginous external acoustic meatus: the cartilaginous part of the external acoustic meatus, found lateral to the bony part …   Medical dictionary