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Identification
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| Official Latin term | cavitas tympani (par) |
| Official subsidiary term |
tympanic cavity (pair) 
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| Unit identifier | TAH:U594 |
| Unit type | pair |
| Materiality | immaterial |
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Navigation
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| Link to the unit | cavitas tympani (par) |
| Entity-oriented links | Universal page Definition page |
| External links | TA98 FMA PubMed |
| Partonomic links | Level 2: ossa cranii Short Extended |
| Level 3: os temporale (par) Short Extended | |
| Level 4: pars petrosa ossis temporalis (par) | |
| Taxonomic links | Level 1: res incorporea Short Extended |
| Taxonomic links | Level 2: spatium anatomicum Short Extended |
| Level 3: cavitas partis organi | |
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Taxonomic definition
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| Encyclopedic definition | the major portion of the middle ear (auris media), consisting of a narrow air-filled cavity in the temporal bone that contains the auditory ossicles. It communicates with the mastoid air cells and the mastoid antrum via the aditus and with the nasopharynx via the auditory tube. The middle ear and the tympanic cavity were formerly regarded as being synonymous. |
| THIS | cavitas tympani |
| Genus | THIS isa cavitas partis organi |
| Defining property 1 | THIS isCavityof ( petrosal part of temporal bone, default ) Invalid 594 |
| Defining property 2 | THIS isContainerof auditory ossicles Invalid 594 Invalid 35161 |
| Autogenerated definition | A tympanic cavity is a cavity of part of organ [cavitas partis organi] which is a cavity of petrosal part of temporal bone [pars petrosa ossis temporalis] and contains auditory ossicles [ossicula auditus] |
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Partonomy
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| TAH:E10200 |
 corpus humanum top
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| TAH:U259 | |
| TAH:U268 | |
| TAH:U402 | |
| TAH:U544 | |
| TAH:U545 | |
| TAH:U594 |
cavitas tympani (par) PEU
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Taxonomy
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| Date: 09.12.2025 |