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external acoustic meatus

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001352


A tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 26 mm in length and 7 mm in diameter. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_acoustic_meatus ]

Synonyms: auditory canal, external auditory tube, ear canal, external auditory canal, external acoustic tube

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000011

tympanic ring, which serves as support for the tympanic membrane, directs invagination of the first pharingeal cleft ectoderm to form the external acoustic meatus (EAM), which provides the outer layer of the membrane[PMID 11237469]

UBPROP 0000012

subdivision of head in FMA.

editor note

consider revisiting superclass after refinement of CARO/EAO, conduit may not be quite correct.

has related synonym

external auditory meatus, auditory meatus

id

UBERON:0001352

prefLabel

External acoustic tube