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tympanic plate

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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

Label

tympanic plate

Synonyms
  • pars tympanica (os temporale)
  • tympanic part of temporal bone
database cross reference
depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gray137.png

editor note

TODO distinguish ecto- and ento- tympanics, consider merging with tympanic ring. See discussion page on wikipedia page for ectotympanic

has related synonym

pars tympanica, tympanic bone, pars tympanica ossis temporalis, ectotympanic, ectotympanic bone, tympanic part

id

UBERON:0010066