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Descriptor English: Tympanic Membrane
Descriptor Spanish: Membrana Timpánica
Descriptor membrana timpánica
Scope note: membrana delgada semitransparente, situada en el oído medio, que transmite las vibraciones sonoras al oído interno por medio de los osículos auditivos. Tiene una forma casi ovalada y separa la cavidad timpánica del fondo del orificio auditivo externo. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.800).
Descriptor Portuguese: Membrana Timpânica
Descriptor French: Membrane du tympan
Entry term(s): Eardrum
Eardrums
Membrane, Tympanic
Membranes, Tympanic
Tympanic Membranes
Tree number(s): A09.246.272.702
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014432
Scope note: An oval semitransparent membrane separating the external EAR CANAL from the tympanic cavity (EAR, MIDDLE). It contains three layers: the skin of the external ear canal; the core of radially and circularly arranged collagen fibers; and the MUCOSA of the middle ear.
Annotation: do not confuse with TYMPANUM; /surg: consider MYRINGOPLASTY & TYMPANOPLASTY
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Myringoplasty MeSH
Tympanoplasty MeSH
DeCS ID: 14832
Unique ID: D014432
NLM Classification: WV 225
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Tympanic Membrane - Preferred
Concept UI M0022181
Scope note An oval semitransparent membrane separating the external EAR CANAL from the tympanic cavity (EAR, MIDDLE). It contains three layers: the skin of the external ear canal; the core of radially and circularly arranged collagen fibers; and the MUCOSA of the middle ear.
Preferred term Tympanic Membrane
Entry term(s) Eardrum
Eardrums
Membrane, Tympanic
Membranes, Tympanic
Tympanic Membranes



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