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Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Middle
Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Middle

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Ear, Middle  

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  • Middle Ear

Note

  • /surg: consider TYMPANOPLASTY; inflammation = OTITIS MEDIA; injuries caused by pressure = EAR, MIDDLE /inj (IM) + BAROTRAUMA (IM); middle ear effusions = OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION

Scope note

  • The space and structures directly internal to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and external to the inner ear (LABYRINTH). Its major components include the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE that connects the cavity of middle ear (tympanic cavity) to the upper part of the throat.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004432

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