- tympanic plate
- tympanic plate n a curved platelike bone that is part of the temporal bone and forms the floor and anterior wall of the external auditory canal
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pars tympanica ossis temporalis.
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tympanic plate
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membrana tympanica — [TA] tympanic membrane: the obliquely placed, thin membranous partition between the external acoustic meatus and the tympanic cavity. The greater portion, the pars tensa, is attached by a fibrocartilaginous ring to the tympanic plate of the… … Medical dictionary
