See Also: tympanic cavity(medicine)
mucosa of tympanic cavity(medicine)
floor of tympanic cavity(medicine)
roof of tympanic cavity(medicine)
promontory of tympanic cavity(medicine)
anterior wall of tympanic cavity(medicine)
lateral wall of tympanic cavity(medicine)
posterior wall of tympanic cavity(medicine)
inferior wall of tympanic cavity(medicine)
medial wall of tympanic cavity(medicine)

tympanic cavity (medicine)


tympanic cavity


An air chamber in the temporal bone containing the ossicles; it is lined with mucous membrane and is continuous with the auditory tube anteriorly and the tympanic antrum and mastoid air cells posteriorly.

Synonym: cavitas tympanica, cavity of middle ear, cavum tympani, tympanum.