tympanic cavity

tympanic cavity

n.

A large, irregularly shaped cavity of the middle ear.

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Noun

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tympanic 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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