| tympanic membrane |
Layer of tissue shaped like a cone at the end of the ear canal; moves back and forth and causes the bones in the middle ear to move; separates the middle ear from the outer ear.
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| tympanometry |
Testing of the middle ear with equipment that bounces sound off the tympanic membrane under different pressure conditions.
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| tympanic membrane |
(eardrum). A thin, translucent, elliptically-shaped and slightly concave membrane at the end of the meatus. The eardrum is made up of four layers. The outermost layer is continuous with the skin of the meatus, and the innermost layer is continuous with the mucous membrane of the middle ear. Of the two inner layers, the outer layer is composed of radial fibers, while the inner layer is composed of non-radial fibers. The tympanic membrane attaches to the malleus (hammer) of the middle ear. ...
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| tympanic |
adj. G. tympanon = a tambourine, a drum; referring to ear-drum (Fallopius, qv).
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| tympanum |
The membrane covering of the auditory organ.
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