pars flaccida of tympanic membrane
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0018152
A small, triangular, flaccid portion of the tympanic membrane, or eardrum, lying above the malleolar folds, attached directly to the petrous bone at the notch of Rivinus. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_flaccida_of_tympanic_membrane ]
Synonyms: pars flaccida membranae tympanicae, Shrapnell's membrane, pars flaccida (membrana tympanica)
Term info
- Wikipedia:Pars_flaccida_of_tympanic_membrane
- FMA:56721
- SCTID:279594005
Size varies across mammals, with the sheep pars flaccida larger than the human
flaccid part, pars flaccida
uberon
UBERON:0018152
pars flaccida of tympanic membrane, Pars flaccida of tympanic membrane