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Definition: 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.  /surg: consider TYMPANOPLASTY; inflammation   
See Also Acoustic Impedance Tests; Tympanoplasty
Examples Ear Ossicles; Eustachian Tube; Glomus Tympanicum; Stapedius; Tensor Tympani 		Other names Tympanum; Tympanic Cavity; Tympanums; Tympanic Cavities; Middle Ears; Ears, Middle; Cavity, Tympanic; Cavities, Tympanic; Middle Ear
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Schweitzer Kemink Graham syndrome  0   *Hearing Loss, Conductive *Micrognathism Ear, External/abnormalities Ear, Middle/abnormalities.

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