- tympanic scute
- the bony plate which divides the upper part of the tympanic cavity from the mastoid cells.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
tympanic scute
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scute — A thin lamina or plate. SYN: scutum (1). [L. scutum, shield] tympanic s. the thin bony plate separating the epitympanic recess from the mastoid cells. * * * (skūt) [L. scutum shield] 1. any squama or scalelike structure. 2. tympanic s … Medical dictionary
scutum — 1. SYN: scute. 2. In ixodid (hard) ticks, a plate that largely or entirely covers the dorsum of the male and forms an anterior shield behind the capitulum of the female or immature ticks. [L. shield] * * * scu·tum (skuґtə … Medical dictionary
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