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tympanic cavity

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tympanic cavity
n.
A large, irregularly shaped cavity of the middle ear.
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Noun1.tympanic cavity - the main cavity of the eartympanic cavity - the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
middle ear, tympanum
bonelet, ossicle, ossiculum - a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
auditory apparatus - all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
auditory tube, Eustachian tube - either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
malleus, hammer - the ossicle attached to the eardrum
incus, anvil - the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
stapes, stirrup - the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
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Examination detected a reddish-blue vascular mass behind the tympanic membrane that filled the postero-superior part of the right tympanic cavity (figure 1).
Facial nerve hemangioma of the middle ear by Saliba, Issam; Fayad, Jose N. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
1) Numerous causes have been proposed to explain the etiology of these aberrations; among them are the absence of a carotid canal (2) and the persistence of embryonic vasculature that may pull the ICA into the tympanic cavity.
Aberrant ectatic internal carotid artery in the middle ear by Safdar, Adnan; Hughes, Joseph P.; Walsh, Rory McConn / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Post-treatment development of inner ear changes Tympanostomy Conservative Tx (n = 125 ears) (n = 72 ears) n (%) n (%) Retraction pocket 73 (58) 25 (35) Mild 38 (52) 8 (32) Severe 12 (16) 10 (40) Complete 23 (32) 7 (28) Cholesteatoma 84 (67) 58 (81) Small, tympanic cavity 12 (14) 5 (9) Large, tympanic cavity 35 (42) 13 (22) Large, tympanic 37 (44) 40 (69) and mastoid cavities Perforation 45 (36) 33 (46) Statistically significant difference Retraction pocket p < 0.
A comparison of outcomes following tympanostomy tube placement or ... by Diacova, Svetlana; McDonald, Thomas J. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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