Monday, September 26, 2011

Human Skull - external auditory meatus (of temporal bone)

The probe is pointing to the external auditory meatus ("ear canal"), which is a (mostly) bony tube that runs from the outer ear to the middle ear.

Bone terms:
meatus - can refer to: (1) the opening to a canal or tube, or (2) the canal or tube itself.



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