tympanic plate
The tympanic part of the temporal bone is a curved plate of bone lying below the squama and in front of the mastoid process. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tympanic_part_of_the_temporal_bone ]
Term info
tympanic plate
- pars tympanica (os temporale)
- tympanic part of temporal bone
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gray137.png
TODO distinguish ecto- and ento- tympanics, consider merging with tympanic ring. See discussion page on wikipedia page for ectotympanic
uberon
pars tympanica, tympanic bone, pars tympanica ossis temporalis, ectotympanic, ectotympanic bone, tympanic part
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Term relations
- zone of bone organ
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- develops_from some tympanic ring
- part of some temporal bone