| Toynbee, Joseph | <person> English otologist, 1815-1866. See: Toynbee's corpuscles, Toynbee's muscle, Toynbee's tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Toynbee's corpuscles | Connective tissue cells found between the laminae of fibrous tissue in the cornea. Synonym: Toynbee's corpuscles, Virchow's cells, Virchow's corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Toynbee's muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, the cartilaginous part of the auditory (eustachian) tube and the walls of its hemi-canal just above the bony portion of the auditory tube; insertion, handle of malleus; action, draws the handle of the malleus medialward tensing the tympanic membrane to protect it from excessive vibration by loud sounds. Nerve supply, branches of trigeminal through the otic ganglion. Synonym: musculus tensor tympani, tensor muscle of tympanic membrane, Toynbee's muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Toynbee's tube | A tube by which an otologist can listen to the sounds in a patient's ear during politzerization. (05 Mar 2000) |