tympanic cavity
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Introduction
A chamber of air within the temporal bone.
Contains: ossicles
It is lined with mucous membrane.
It is continuous with the auditory tube anteriorly, & the tympanic antrum & mastoid air cells posteriorly.
More general terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.