Espiral AtlasTympanic cavity (middle ear)
cavitas tympanica
A narrow air-filled chamber in the petrous part of the temporal bone, behind the tympanic membrane. It has two parts: the tympanic cavity proper, directly internal to the membrane, and the epitympanic recess, above it.
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- Structure
- Neighborhood
- Innervation
Related clinical cases
- Otitis media and the auditory tube
- Mastoiditis