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| Id | http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001756
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001756
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| Preferred Name | middle ear |
| Definitions |
The middle ear is the air-filled cavity within the skull of vertebrates that lies between the outer ear and the inner ear. It is linked to the pharynx (and therefore to outside air) via the Eustachian tube and in mammals contains the three ear ossicles, which transmit auditory vibrations from the outer ear (via the tympanum) to the inner ear (via the oval window)[GO].
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auris media
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| definition | The middle ear is the air-filled cavity within the skull of vertebrates that lies between the outer ear and the inner ear. It is linked to the pharynx (and therefore to outside air) via the Eustachian tube and in mammals contains the three ear ossicles, which transmit auditory vibrations from the outer ear (via the tympanum) to the inner ear (via the oval window)[GO]. |
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| preferred label |
middle ear
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| label |
middle ear
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middle ear
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NCIT:C12274
AAO:0011065
MIAA:0000146
UMLS:C0013455
UMLS:C1268972
XAO:0000191
MAT:0000146
VHOG:0000312
Wikipedia:Middle_ear
SCTID:181185000
EHDAA2:0001181
EMAPA:17000
BTO:0002099
BIRNLEX:1695
CALOHA:TS-2233
MESH:D004432
EHDAA:5693
EV:0100357
FMA:56513
GAID:165
MA:0000253
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UBERON:0001756
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auris media
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UBERON:0001756
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uberon
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The intermediate portion of the ear which consists of a small air-filled and membrane-lined chamber. It is lodged in the temporal bone and continues with the nasopharynx through the Eustachian tube. It is separated from the external ear by the tympanic membrane and from the inner ear by the fenestrae. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
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The tympanic cavity and auditory tube of an amniote develop from the first embryonic pharyngeal pouch, so they are homologous to the first gill pouch, or spiracle, of a fish. We are uncertain whether this homology strictly applies to the middle ear cavity and auditory tube of lissamphibians, which show certain peculiarities in their development.[uncertain][VHOG]
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