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external acoustic meatus

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A tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 26 mm in length and 7 mm in diameter. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_acoustic_meatus ]

Term info

Label

external acoustic meatus

Synonyms
  • auditory canal
  • ear canal
  • external acoustic tube
  • external auditory canal
  • external auditory tube
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

development notes

tympanic ring, which serves as support for the tympanic membrane, directs invagination of the first pharingeal cleft ectoderm to form the external acoustic meatus (EAM), which provides the outer layer of the membrane[PMID 11237469]

editor note

consider revisiting superclass after refinement of CARO/EAO, conduit may not be quite correct.

external ontology notes

subdivision of head in FMA.

has related synonym

external auditory meatus, auditory meatus

id

UBERON:0001352