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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
articular capsule +  
auditory ossicle endochondral element +  
blood vessel of tympanic cavity 
entotympanic bone +  
eyelid tarsus +  
fibroelastic membrane of larynx 
fibrous pericardium 
gill membrane +  
ligament of middle ear +  
meninx +  
mesenchyme of middle ear +  
middle ear epithelium +  
mucosa of middle ear +  
muscle of auditory ossicle +  
nerve of tympanic cavity 
orbital septum 
patagium +  
pharyngotympanic tube +  
promontory of tympanic cavity 
stapedial artery 
tegmen tympani 
tubotympanic recess lumen 
tympanic cavity 
tympanic membrane +  
A thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear, consisting of two epithelia (one part of the the external accoustic meatus epithelium, the other part of the tympanic cavity epithelium) with a fibrous layer between them. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear. The malleus bone bridges the gap between the eardrum and the other ossicles. Rupture or perforation of the eardrum can lead to conductive hearing loss. [WP,unvetted].
tympanic ring +  
vestibular membrane of cochlear duct 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Rivinus' membrane ;   ear drum ;   eardrum ;   lateral wall of tympanic cavity ;   membranous wall of tympanic cavity ;   myrinx ;   paries membranaceus cavi tympani
Related Synonyms: tympanum
Xrefs: EMAPA:19062 ;   FMA:9595 ;   GAID:870 ;   MA:0000257 ;   MESH:D014432 ;   NCI:C12502 ;   SCTID:181180005 ;   UMLS:C0041445 ;   VHOG:0001146 ;   Wikipedia:Tympanic_membrane ;   XAO:0000212
External Ontologys: never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:8459
Definition Sources: PMID:11237469, Wikipedia:Tympanic_membrane

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