| BMD | Bone Mineral Density |
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| BMT | Bone Marrow Transplantation;골수 이식 |
| HIVD | Herniation(Herniated) of Inter-Vertebral Disc - Cervical HIVD &... |
| 99mTc | radioactive Technetium(used in Brain Skull, Thyroid, Liver, Spleen, Bone & Lung scans) |
| A>B | air greater than bone [conduction] |
| tubal branch of the tympanic plexus | Sensory branch of tympanic plexus (of glossopharyngeal nerve) to auditory tube. Synonym: ramus tubarius plexus tympanici. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tympanic | 1. Like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane. 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the tympanum. <anatomy> Tympanic bone See the Note under Ear. See: Tympanum. <anatomy> The tympanic bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tympanic air cells | Numerous groovelike depressions in the walls of the tympanic cavity, communicating with the tubal air cells. Synonym: cellulae tympanicae, tympanic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic antrum | A cavity in the petrous portion of the temporal bone, communicating posteriorly with the mastoid cells and anteriorly with the epitympanic recess of the middle ear via the aperture of the mastoid antrum. Synonym: antrum mastoideum, tympanic antrum, Valsalva's antrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic attic | The upper portion of the tympanic cavity above the tympanic membrane; it contains the head of the malleus and the body of the incus. Synonym: recessus epitympanicus, attic, epitympanic space, epitympanum, Hyrtl's epitympanic recess, tympanic attic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic body | One of the mucous gland's in the mucosa of the tympanic cavity. Synonym: tympanic body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic canal | A minute canal passing from the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone between the jugular fossa and carotid canal to the floor of the tympanic cavity. Located in the wedge of bone separating the jugular canal and carotid canal, it transmits the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve. Synonym: canaliculus tympanicus, Jacobson's canal, tympanic canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic canaliculus | A minute canal passing from the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone between the jugular fossa and carotid canal to the floor of the tympanic cavity. Located in the wedge of bone separating the jugular canal and carotid canal, it transmits the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve. Synonym: canaliculus tympanicus, Jacobson's canal, tympanic canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic cavity | An air chamber in the temporal bone containing the ossicles; it is lined with mucous membrane and is continuous with the auditory tube anteriorly and the tympanic antrum and mastoid air cells posteriorly. Synonym: cavitas tympanica, cavity of middle ear, cavum tympani, tympanum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic cells | Numerous groovelike depressions in the walls of the tympanic cavity, communicating with the tubal air cells. Synonym: cellulae tympanicae, tympanic cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic enlargement | A swelling, not ganglionic, on the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeus nerve; it is regarded as possibly similar to the carotid glomus. Synonym: intumescentia tympanica, tympanic intumescence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic ganglion | A small ganglion on the tympanic nerve during its passage through the petrous portion of the temporal bone. Synonym: ganglion tympanicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic gland | One of the mucous gland's in the mucosa of the tympanic cavity. Synonym: tympanic body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic groove | The sulcus on the inner aspect of the tympanic part of the temporal bone in which the tympanic membrane is fixed. Synonym: sulcus tympanicus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tympanic incisure | The notch in the superior part of the tympanic ring bridged by the flaccid part of the tympanic membrane. Synonym: incisura tympanica, incisura rivini, Rivinus' incisure, Rivinus' notch, tympanic incisure. (05 Mar 2000) |