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

Preferred term

Eustachian Tube  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Auditory Tube
  • Auditory Tubes
  • Pharyngotympanic Tube
  • Pharyngotympanic Tubes
  • Tube, Auditory
  • Tube, Pharyngotympanic
  • Tubes, Auditory
  • Tubes, Pharyngotympanic

Note

  • "eustachian" is not capitalized in titles or translations

Scope note

  • A narrow passageway that connects the upper part of the throat to the TYMPANIC CAVITY.

In other languages

  • korvatorvi

    Finnish

  • eustachi
  • eustachin putki
  • otosalpinx
  • tuba acustica
  • tuba auditiva
  • tuba auditoria
  • tuba eustachiana
  • tuba eustachii
  • tuba pharyngotympanica
  • Örontrumpet

    Swedish

  • Eustachiska röret

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005064

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