middle ear 7162

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middle ear (pair)

Identification

Official Latin term	auris media (par)
Official term	middle ear (pair)
Unit identifier	TAH:U7162
Unit type	pair
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	middle ear (pair)
Links of entity	generic: middle ear
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed Radiopedia
Partonomic links	Level 2: vestibulocochlear organ (pair) Short Extended
	Level 3: middle ear (pair)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: anatomical heterogeneous complex
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U6876	sensory organs XOS
TAH:U7101	vestibulocochlear organ (pair) UOX
TAH:U7162	middle ear (pair) UOU

TAH:U594	tympanic cavity inv
TAH:U8190	walls of middle ear (pair) VOU

TAH:U7164

tegmental wall (pair)

UOV

TAH:U14060

inferior tegmental process (pair)

UOU

TAH:U7167

jugular wall (pair)

UOV

TAH:U8202

tympanic opening of inferior tympanic canaliculus (pair)

PEU

TAH:U7169

labyrinthine wall (pair)

UOV

TAH:U7170	vestibular window (pair) PEU
TAH:U7171	fossa of vestibular window (pair) PEU
TAH:U7179	cochleariform process (pair) UOU
TAH:U7172	promontory of tympanic cavity (pair) UOU

TAH:U7173	groove of promontory of tympanic cavity (pair) PEU
TAH:U8205	ponticulus of promontory of tympanic cavity (pair) UOU
TAH:U7174	subiculum of promontory of tympanic cavity (pair) UOU
TAH:U14061	finiculus of promontory of tympanic cavity (pair) UOU
TAH:U14062	subcochlear canaliculus (pair) UOU
TAH:U14063	anterior pillar (pair) UOU
TAH:U14064	canopy of fossa of cochlear window (pair) UOU
TAH:U14065	posterior pillar (pair) UOU

TAH:U7175	tympanic sinus (pair) UOU
TAH:U14070	subtympanic sinus (pair) UOU
TAH:U7176	cochlear window (pair) PEU
TAH:U7177	fossa of cochlear window (pair) PEU
TAH:U14071	fustis (pair) UOU
TAH:U7178	crest of cochlear window (pair) PEU
TAH:U7180	secondary tympanic membrane (pair) UOU

TAH:U7181

mastoid wall (pair)

UOV

TAH:U7182	aditus to mastoid antrum (pair) PEU
TAH:U7183	prominence of lateral semicircular canal (pair) UOU
TAH:U7184	prominence of facial canal (pair) UOU
TAH:U7185	pyramidal eminence (pair) UOU

TAH:U14073	pyramidal crest (pair) PEU
TAH:U14074	opening of pyramidal eminence (pair) PEU
TAH:U8303	chordal eminence (pair) UOU

TAH:U14075

chordal crest (pair)

PEU

TAH:U7186	fossa of incus (pair) PEU
TAH:U7168	styloid eminence (pair) UOU
TAH:U14077	styloid ridge (pair) PEU
TAH:U7187	posterior tympanic sinus (pair) PEU
TAH:U8208	tympanic opening of posterior canaliculus of chorda tympani (pair) PEU
TAH:U14078	facial sinus (pair) PEU
TAH:U14079	lateral tympanic sinus (pair) PEU

TAH:U7189

mastoid antrum (pair)

UOV

TAH:U7190	mastoid cells (pair) VOU
TAH:U7191	tympanic cells (pair) VOU

TAH:U7192

carotid wall (pair)

UOV

TAH:U8696	hiatus of canal for lesser petrosal nerve (pair) PEU
TAH:U14080	supratubal recess (pair) PEU
TAH:U14081	tensor tympani fold (pair) PEU
TAH:U14082	subtensor recess (pair) PEU
TAH:U560	musculotubal canal SOS
TAH:U561	semicanal of tensor tympani muscle SOS
TAH:U563	septum of musculotubal canal SOS
TAH:U562	semicanal of auditory tube SOS
TAH:U8380	tympanic opening of anterior canaliculus of chorda tympani (pair) UOU
TAH:U14085	protiniculum (pair) PEU
TAH:U14086	caroticocochlear recess (pair) PEU
TAH:U14087	protympanic crest (pair) PEU
TAH:U617	petrotympanic fissure inv
TAH:U559	caroticotympanic canaliculus und

TAH:U7193

membranous wall (pair)

UOV

TAH:U8193

subdivisions of tympanic cavity (pair)

QEU

TAH:U7165

epitympanic recess (pair)

inv

TAH:U7166

cupular part (pair)

PIP

TAH:U8196	proper tympanic cavity (pair) inv
TAH:U14059	retrotympanic recess (pair) inv
TAH:U8199	hypotympanic recess (pair) inv
TAH:U8253	protympanum inv

TAH:U768

auditory ossicles (pair)

VOU

TAH:U7194

stapes (pair)

UOV

TAH:U7195	head of stapes (pair) UOU
TAH:U7196	anterior limb (pair) UOU
TAH:U7197	posterior limb (pair) UOU
TAH:U7198	base of stapes (pair) UOU

TAH:U7199

incus (pair)

UOV

TAH:U7200	body of incus (pair) UOU
TAH:U7201	long limb (pair) UOU

TAH:U7202

lenticular process (pair)

UOU

TAH:U7203

short limb (pair) UOU

TAH:U7204

malleus (pair)

UOV

TAH:U7205

handle of malleus (pair)

UOU

TAH:U8211

spatuliform process (pair)

UOU

TAH:U7206	head of malleus (pair) UOU
TAH:U7207	neck of malleus (pair) UOU
TAH:U7208	lateral process (pair) UOU
TAH:U7209	anterior process (pair) UOU

TAH:U7210

joints of auditory ossicle (pair) VOU

TAH:U7211	incudomallear joint (pair) UOV
TAH:U7212	incudostapedial joint (pair) UOV
TAH:U7213	tympanostapedial syndesmosis (pair) UOV

TAH:U7214

ligaments of auditory ossicle (pair) VOU

TAH:U7215	anterior ligament of malleus (pair) UOV
TAH:U7216	superior ligament of malleus (pair) UOV
TAH:U7217	lateral ligament of malleus (pair) UOV
TAH:U7218	superior ligament of incus (pair) UOV
TAH:U7219	posterior ligament of incus (pair) UOV
TAH:U7220	stapedial membrane (pair) UOV
TAH:U7221	anular ligament of stapes (pair) UOV

TAH:U1675	muscle of auditory ossicles und
TAH:U7222	tensor tympani muscle UOV
TAH:U7223	stapedial muscle UOV
TAH:U7224	mucosa of middle ear (pair) UOU

TAH:U7225	posterior mallear fold (pair) PEU
TAH:U7226	anterior mallear fold (pair) PEU
TAH:U7227	fold of chorda tympani (pair) PEU
TAH:U8215	epitympanic diaphragm (pair) UOU

TAH:U10781	anterior isthmus of epitympanic diaphragm (pair) UOU
TAH:U14090	posterior isthmus of epitympanic diaphragm (pair) UOU

TAH:U7228

recesses of tympanic membrane (pair)

QEU

TAH:U7229	anterior recess (pair) inv
TAH:U7230	superior recess (pair) inv
TAH:U7231	posterior recess (pair) inv

TAH:U7232	fold of incus (pair) UOU
TAH:U7233	fold of stapes (pair) UOU
TAH:U8218	layers of mucosa of middle ear (pair) VOU

TAH:U8221

columnar simple epithelium of middle ear (pair)

UOV

TAH:U8228

ciliated epitheliocytes (pair)

VOU

TAH:U8231

squamous simple epithelium of middle ear (pair)

UOV

TAH:U544	temporal bone inv
TAH:U7234	auditory tube (pair) UOU

TAH:U7235	tympanic opening of auditory tube (pair) PEU
TAH:U7236	osseous part of auditory tube (pair) UOU

TAH:U7237	isthmus of auditory tube (pair) UOU
TAH:U7238	tubal air cells (pair) VOU
TAH:U8235	mucosa of osseous part of auditory tube (pair) UOU

TAH:U8238

columnar simple epithelium of auditory tube (pair)

UOU

TAH:U8241

ciliated epitheliocytes (pair)

VOU

TAH:U7239

cartilaginous part of auditory tube (pair)

UOU

TAH:U7240

cartilage of auditory tube (pair)

UOU

TAH:U7241	medial layer (pair) UOU
TAH:U7242	lateral layer (pair) UOU
TAH:U7243	membranous layer of cartilage of auditory tube (pair) UOU

TAH:U8247	fatty body of auditory tube (pair) UOU
TAH:U7244	mucosa of cartilaginous part of auditory tube (pair) UOU

TAH:U7632

pseudostratified epithelium of auditory tube (pair)

UOU

TAH:U8250

ciliated epitheliocytes (pair)

VOU

TAH:U7245

tubal glands (pair)

VOU

TAH:U2470

pharyngeal opening of auditory tube

UOS

Total

138 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:49443	anatomical complex
FMA:64989	anatomical heterogeneous complex
FMA:56513	middle ear

Date: 25.06.2025

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