See Also: internal auditory artery(medicine)
internal auditory veins(medicine)
internal auditory meatus(medicine)
internal auditory foramen(medicine)
internal auditory canal(medicine)
fundus of internal auditory meatus(medicine)
internal medicine(dictionary)
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internal auditory foramen (medicine) and Urania (medicine)


internal auditory foramen (medicine)


internal auditory foramen -->
opening of internal acoustic meatus


The inner opening of the internal acoustic meatus on the posterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone.

Synonym: porus acusticus internus, internal acoustic foramen, internal acoustic pore, auditory pore, internal auditory foramen, orifice of internal acoustic meatus.


Urania (medicine)


urania


1. One of the nine Muses, daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne, and patron of astronomy.

2. <zoology> A genus of large, brilliantly coloured moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright coloured and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.

Origin: L, from Gr, i. E, the Heavenly, fr. Heavenly, fr. Heaven.

Source: Websters Dictionary