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auditory bulla

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A hollow bony structure on the ventral, posterior portion of the skull of placental mammals that encloses parts of the middle and inner ear. In most species, it is formed by the tympanic part of the temporal bone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditory_bulla ]

Term info

Label

auditory bulla

database cross reference
plural term
auditory bullae

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Toothed_whale_sound_production.png

development notes

may be formed from entotympanic and ectotympanic

has narrow synonym

sigmoid process

has related synonym

tympanic bulla, bulla tympanica, auditory bullae

id

UBERON:0008959

taxon notes

In extant primates, the structure is found in tarsiers, lemurs, and lorises[WP]. When present in marsupials, it usually forms the alisphenoid; in placentals variously constructed of ectotympanic, entotympanic, petrosal, or a combination of these and others