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mastoid antrum (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term antrum mastoideum (par)
Official term mastoid antrum (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U7189
Unit type pair
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit mastoid antrum (pair)
Links of entity generic: mastoid antrum
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed Wikipedia Radiopedia
Partonomic links Level 2: vestibulocochlear organ (pair) Short Extended
Level 3: middle ear (pair) Short Extended
Level 4: walls of middle ear (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 2: zone of organ Short Extended
Level 3: zone of bone
Level 4: zone of flat bone
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Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A mastoid antrum is a zone of temporal bone [zona ossis temporalis ] which is situated in the petrous portion of the temporal bone [pars petrosa ossis temporalis ] and contains an air-filled cavity communicating with the epitympanum [recessus epitympanicus ].
Notes
Implementation note The mastoid antrum is considered to be a material entity by the FMA and as such it is the container of an air-filled cavity in direct communication with the tympanic cavity.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U6876
sensory organs XOS
TAH:U7101
vestibulocochlear organ (pair) UOX
TAH:U7162
middle ear (pair) UOU
TAH:U8190
walls of middle ear (pair) VOU
TAH:U7189 mastoid antrum (pair) UOV
Total
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Taxonomy
Date: 25.06.2025