The Eustachian tube (/juːˈsteɪʃən/), also called the auditory tube or pharyngotympanic tube, is a tube that links the nasopharynx to the middle ear, of...
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is a disorder where pressure abnormalities in the middle ear result in symptoms. Symptoms include aural fullness, ears...
Patulous Eustachian tube is the name of a physical disorder where the Eustachian tube, which is normally closed, instead stays intermittently open. When...
Eustachian, meaning "discovered by, described by or attributed to Eustachi" (Latin name Eustachius) may refer to: Eustachian tube, an anatomical passage...
(Eustachian valve) is a venous valve that lies at the junction of the inferior vena cava and right atrium. In prenatal development, the eustachian valve...
cardiovascular responses described below but will not force air into the Eustachian tubes.[citation needed] The technique is named after Antonio Maria Valsalva...
Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty (BET) is a minimally invasive procedure for the causal treatment of Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD), an often-chronic disorder...
middle ear with the outside pressure, by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes, as this does not always happen automatically when the pressure...
Those requiring myringotomy usually have an obstructed or dysfunctional eustachian tube that is unable to perform drainage or ventilation in its usual fashion...
mucosa, inadequate opening of the Eustachian tube or a combination of these factors. People with a patulous Eustachian tube may also cause negative middle...
layers and appearing slightly pinkish in hue, it is associated with[vague] Eustachian tube dysfunction and cholesteatomas. The larger pars tensa consists of...
vibration back towards the eardrum. Serous otitis media Open or patulous Eustachian tube, allowing vocal or breathing sounds to be conducted into the middle...
resulting from unequal pressures being exerted between the ears due to one Eustachian tube being less patent than the other. This might have occurred due to...
system, including the lower vena cava and its valves (now known as the Eustachian valve). These works were organized and published (illustrated with eight...
nose during the act of swallowing. It is often performed to reopen the Eustachian tube and equalise pressure in the middle ear. The procedure was derived...
tympanic part of the temporal bone. The auditory tube (also known as the Eustachian tube or the pharyngotympanic tube) joins the tympanic cavity with the...
infections or conditions that block the eustachian tube, such as allergies or tumors. Blocking of the eustachian tube leads to decreased pressure in the...
flying with a severe cold, due to changes in air pressure and blocked Eustachian tubes resulting from the cold. This is especially true on landing.[medical...
nose by the nasopharynx at the top of the throat, and to the ear by its Eustachian tube. The throat's trachea carries inhaled air to the bronchi of the lungs...
commonly, on ascent. Failure to equalise may be due to inexperience or eustachian tube dysfunction, which can have many possible causes. Unequalised ambient...
tonsillar ring. Each tubal tonsil is located posterior to the opening of the Eustachian tube on the lateral wall of the nasopharynx. It is one of the four main...
triangular muscle of the head that tenses the soft palate and opens the Eustachian tube to equalise pressure in the middle ear. The tensor veli palatini...
lungs and other air-filled cavities in the body such as the sinuses and eustachian tubes, typically resulting in severe to fatal barotrauma. Rapid decompression...
are separated by the valve of the inferior vena cava, also known as the Eustachian valve. In the adult, this valve typically has totally regressed or remains...
new techniques addressing underlying Eustachian tube dysfunction such as transtympanic dilatation of the Eustachian tube has not been shown to change outcomes...
Behind the ostium of the eustachian tube (ostium pharyngeum tuba auditiva) is a deep recess, the pharyngeal recess (fossa of Rosenmüller). At the base...
air into or out of the middle ears via the Eustachian tubes. Sometimes swallowing will open the Eustachian tubes and equalise the ears. Lungs: There is...
escaping. Because there is nowhere else for the air to go, it enters the eustachian tubes and the middle ear, equalizing the pressure. The Frenzel Maneuver...
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