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Descriptor English: Ear Canal
Descriptor Spanish: Conducto Auditivo Externo
Descriptor conducto auditivo externo
Entry term(s) canal auditivo
conducto auditivo
Scope note: Conducto estrecho que conduce el sonido captado por el PABELLÓN AURICULAR a la MEMBRANA TIMPÁNICA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Meato Acústico Externo
Descriptor French: Conduit auditif externe
Entry term(s): Acoustic Canal, External
Acoustic Canals, External
Acoustic Meatus, External
Auditory Canal, External
Auditory Canals, External
Canal, Ear
Canal, External Ear
Canals, Ear
Canals, External Ear
Ear Canal, External
Ear Canals
Ear Canals, External
External Acoustic Canal
External Acoustic Canals
External Acoustic Meatus
External Auditory Canal
External Auditory Canals
External Ear Canal
External Ear Canals
Tree number(s): A09.246.272.396
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004424
Scope note: The narrow passage way that conducts the sound collected by the EAR AURICLE to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.
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
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Cerumen MeSH
DeCS ID: 4488
Unique ID: D004424
NLM Classification: WV 222
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Ear Canal - Preferred
Concept UI M0006938
Scope note The narrow passage way that conducts the sound collected by the EAR AURICLE to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.
Preferred term Ear Canal
Entry term(s) Acoustic Canal, External
Acoustic Canals, External
Acoustic Meatus, External
Auditory Canal, External
Auditory Canals, External
Canal, Ear
Canal, External Ear
Canals, Ear
Canals, External Ear
Ear Canal, External
Ear Canals
Ear Canals, External
External Acoustic Canal
External Acoustic Canals
External Acoustic Meatus
External Auditory Canal
External Auditory Canals
External Ear Canal
External Ear Canals



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