external auditory meatus
Americannoun
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The canal enters the skull through the external auditory meatus of the temporal bone.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Transmission in External Ear.—The external ear consists of the pinna, or auricle, and the external auditory meatus, or canal, at the bottom of which we find the membrana tympani, or drum head.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
From S. floridanus, S. nuttallii along the eastern margin of its range differs in more slender rostrum, and larger external auditory meatus.
From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Deformities.—The auricle, together with the external auditory meatus, may be congenitally absent on one or on both sides.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Palate extremely elongated, and produced backwards as far as the level of the external auditory meatus by the meeting in the middle line of the largely developed pterygoids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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