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Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, External > Tympanic Membrane
Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, External > Tympanic Membrane

Preferred term

Tympanic Membrane  

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Entry terms

  • Eardrum
  • Eardrums

Note

  • do not confuse with TYMPANUM; /surg: consider MYRINGOPLASTY & TYMPANOPLASTY

Scope note

  • An oval semitransparent membrane separating the external EAR CANAL from the tympanic cavity (EAR, MIDDLE). It contains three layers: the skin of the external ear canal; the core of radially and circularly arranged collagen fibers; and the MUCOSA of the middle ear.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014432

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