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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:pars flaccida of tympanic membrane
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Definition:A small, triangular, flaccid portion of the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, lying above the malleolar folds, attached directly to the petrous bone at the notch of Rivinus.
Comment:[taxon-note] "Size varies across mammals, with the sheep pars flaccida larger than the human" xsd:string {source="http://audilab.bmed.mcgill.ca/AudiLab/teach/me_saf/me_saf.html"}
Synonyms:exact_synonym: Shrapnell's membrane;   pars flaccida (membrana tympanica);   pars flaccida membranae tympanicae
 related_synonym: flaccid part;   pars flaccida
 xref: FMA:56721;   SCTID:279594005;   Wikipedia:Pars_flaccida_of_tympanic_membrane



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      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            organ part 0
              pars flaccida of tympanic membrane 0
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    anatomical entity 0
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        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        subdivision of digestive tract 0
                          foregut 0
                            pharyngeal region of foregut 0
                              pharyngeal arch system 0
                                pharyngeal arch 0
                                  pharyngeal membrane 0
                                    pharyngeal membrane of 1st arch 0
                                      tympanic membrane 0
                                        pars flaccida of tympanic membrane 0
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