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Descriptor English: Ear, Middle
Descriptor Spanish: Oído Medio
Descriptor oído medio
Entry term(s) caja del tímpano
caja timpánica
cavidad timpánica
tímpano
Scope note: El espacio y estructuras internos a la MEMBRANA TIMPÁNICA y externos con respecto al oído interno (LABERINTO). Sus principales componentes son los OSÍCULOS DEL OIDO y la TROMPA DE EUSTAQUIO, que conecta la cavidad del oído medio (cavidad timpánica) con la parte superior de la garganta.
Descriptor Portuguese: Orelha Média
Descriptor French: Oreille moyenne
Entry term(s): Caisse du tympan
Caisse tympanique
Cavité tympanique
Cavum tympanique
Tree number(s): A09.246.397
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004432
Scope note: The space and structures directly internal to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and external to the inner ear (LABYRINTH). Its major components include the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE that connects the cavity of middle ear (tympanic cavity) to the upper part of the throat.
Annotation: /surg: consider TYMPANOPLASTY; inflammation = OTITIS MEDIA; injuries caused by pressure = EAR, MIDDLE /inj (IM) + BAROTRAUMA (IM); middle ear effusions = OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Tests d'impédance acoustique MeSH
Tympanoplastie MeSH
DeCS ID: 4493
Unique ID: D004432
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Oreille moyenne - Preferred
Concept UI M0006947
Preferred term Oreille moyenne
Cavité tympanique - Narrower
Concept UI M0006948
Preferred term Cavité tympanique
Entry term(s) Caisse du tympan
Caisse tympanique
Cavum tympanique



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