Small cavity surrounding the bones of the middle ear
Tympanic cavity
The cochlea and vestibule, viewed from above. (Tympanic cavity labeled at upper right.)
Malleus
Tensor tympani
Incus
Stapedius
Labyrinth
Stapes
Auditory canal
Tympanic membrane (Ear drum)
Eustachian tube
Tympanic cavity
Bones and muscles in the tympanic cavity in the middle ear
Details
Precursor
First pharyngeal pouch
Part of
Middle ear
Artery
Stylomastoid artery
Identifiers
Latin
cavitas tympani
TA98
A02.1.06.051
TA2
687
FMA
56461
Anatomical terminology
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The tympanic cavity is a small cavity surrounding the bones of the middle ear. Within it sit the ossicles, three small bones that transmit vibrations used in the detection of sound.
The tympaniccavity is a small cavity surrounding the bones of the middle ear. Within it sit the ossicles, three small bones that transmit vibrations...
The promontory of the tympaniccavity, also known as the cochlear promontory is a rounded hollow prominence[citation needed] upon - and most prominent...
section of the tympanum (tympaniccavity) Right eardrum as seen through a speculum This is a normal left eardrum. Tympanic membrane viewed by otoscope...
tympaniccavity of the middle ear, it ramifies upon the promontory of tympaniccavity to form the tympanic plexus.[verification needed] The tympanic nerve...
the sphenoid. It then passes through its own canal, and ends in the tympaniccavity as a slim tendon that connects to the handle of the malleus. The tendon...
nerve and enters the lateral wall of the tympaniccavity within the middle ear, where it runs across the tympanic membrane (from posterior to anterior) and...
often refers to the external part alone. The middle ear includes the tympaniccavity and the three ossicles. The inner ear sits in the bony labyrinth, and...
hollow space of the middle ear is also known as the tympaniccavity and is surrounded by the tympanic part of the temporal bone. The auditory tube (also...
The visible central portion is concave (curved inwards) toward the tympaniccavity and convex (curved outwards) toward the cochlea; but towards the edges...
and medial wall of the tympaniccavity. A second (opisthotic) appears at the promontory on the medial wall of the tympaniccavity and surrounds the fenestra...
wall of the tympaniccavity by which the mastoid antrum (situated posteriorly) communicates with the epitympanic recess of the tympaniccavity (situated...
The tympanic plexus is a nerve plexus within the tympaniccavity formed upon the promontory of tympaniccavity by the tympanic nerve (branch of the inferior...
the parotid gland from the tympanic plexus to the otic ganglion (where they synapse). It passes out of the tympaniccavity through the petrous part of...
and is about 12 mm in length. It begins in the anterior wall of the tympaniccavity, below the septum canalis musculotubarius, and, gradually narrowing...
temporomandibular joint to the tympaniccavity. The mandibular fossa is bounded, in front, by the articular tubercle; behind, by the tympanic part of the bone, which...
the tympaniccavity. The incus is homologous to the quadrate bone found in other tetrapods. Vibrations in the middle ear are received via the tympanic membrane...
stylomastoid artery enters the stylomastoid foramen and supplies the tympaniccavity, the tympanic antrum and mastoid cells, and the semicircular canals. It is...
the tympaniccavity. The canal gives passage to the tympanic nerve i.e. tympanic branch of glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)), and inferior tympanic artery...
strand that crosses from the roof of the tympaniccavity to the head of the malleus. Auditory ossicles. Tympaniccavity. Deep dissection. "Auditory ossicles"...
cavity. It opens in front into that portion of the tympaniccavity which is known as the attic or epitympanic recess. The tympanic antrum is a cavity...
The mastoid antrum (tympanic antrum, antrum mastoideum, Valsalva's antrum) is an air space in the petrous portion of the temporal bone, communicating posteriorly...
Hemotympanum, or hematotympanum, refers to the presence of blood in the tympaniccavity of the middle ear. Hemotympanum is often the result of basilar skull...
eminence (a hollow, cone-shaped prominence in the posterior wall of the tympaniccavity), and inserts into the neck of the stapes. : 863 The stapedius is...
most of the tympaniccavity of the middle ear, and all of the Eustachian or auditory tube. The narrow auditory tube connects the tympaniccavity to the pharynx...
posterior wall.[citation needed] The tympanic segment is closely related to the posterior and medial walls of the tympaniccavity; it passes superior to the oval...
bone and ascends via the inferior tympanic canaliculus to the tympaniccavity. Within the tympaniccavity the tympanic nerve forms a plexus on the surface...
nerve innervate the lacrimal gland. In the tympanic segment, the facial nerve runs through the tympaniccavity, medial to the incus. The pyramidal eminence...
eminence is a hollow conical projection upon the posterior wall of the tympaniccavity of the middle ear. The stapedius muscle arises in the hollow of the...
canal to enter the tympaniccavity and participate in the formation of the tympanic plexus upon the promontory of tympaniccavity. They travel with the...