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tympanic bone [2 records]

Record 1 2000-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Ear
DEF

The part of the temporal bone forming a ring at the inner end of the external auditory canal.

Key term(s)
  • anulus tympanicus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oreille
Key term(s)
  • annulus tympanicus

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Mammals
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

A bone found only in mammals, forming the base of the auditory capsule and of the external auditory meatus. It is homologous with the "angular bone" of the reptilian lower jaw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mammifères
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

La membrane tympanique [des mammifères] se trouve soutenue par l'os tympanique (ou ectotympanique) dérivé de l'angulaire ichthyen-reptilien.

Spanish

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