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Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, External > Tympanic Membrane
Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, External > Tympanic Membrane

Preferred term

Tympanic Membrane  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An oval semitransparent membrane separating the external EAR CANAL from the tympanic cavity (EAR, MIDDLE). It contains three layers: the skin of the external ear canal; the core of radially and circularly arranged collagen fibers; and the MUCOSA of the middle ear.

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Entry terms

  • Eardrum

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X5426S6L-X

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