malleolar fold - anterior/posterior

Introduction

Two ligamentous bands, anterior & posterior, making folds on the tympanic side of the tympanic membrane. The bands extend from each extremity of the tympanic notch to the malleolar prominence.

• marks the boundary between the tense & the flaccid part of the tympanic membrane

More general terms

• fold; plica
• ear

Additional terms

• tympanic membrane (eardrum)