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Tympanic cavity   /tɪmpˈænɪk kˈævəti/   Listen
Tympanic cavity

noun
1.
The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear.  Synonyms: middle ear, tympanum.






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"Tympanic cavity" Quotes from Famous Books



... The tympanic cavity communicates with the back part of the throat, by the Eustachian tube. This tube is about one and a half inches long and lined with mucous membrane similar to that of the tympanic chamber and the throat. This passage is usually closed, but is opened ...
— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell



Words linked to "Tympanic cavity" :   auditory tube, hammer, Eustachian tube, cavum, malleus, cavity, auditory apparatus, ossiculum, middle ear, incus, stapes, anvil, tympanum, ossicle, bodily cavity, stirrup, bonelet



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