Eustachian tube
noun
a canal extending from the middle ear to the pharynx; auditory canal.
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eustachian tubeA slender tube that connects the middle ear with the upper part of the pharynx, serving to equalize air pressure on either side of the eardrum.
Eustachian tube
American
[yoo-stay-shuhn, -stay-kee-uhn]
/ juˈsteɪ ʃən, -ˈsteɪ ki ən /
noun
Anatomy.
Eustachian tube
British
/ juːˈsteɪʃən /
noun
eustachian tube
Scientific
/ yo̅o̅-stā′shən /
Eustachian tube
Cultural
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Swallowing during airplane takeoffs and landings allows air to move through the Eustachian tube to equalize pressure across the eardrum, causing the ears to “pop.”
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The opening of the Eustachian tube is also within the middle ear.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Inside the Eustachian tube the malleus, which touches the inside of the tympanum, is attached to the incus, which is in turn attached to the horseshoe-shaped stapes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Following one of these infections, the Eustachian tube becomes inflamed and blocked.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2010
The sound of the muscle twitch is carried along the Eustachian tube, as along a speaking tube, and is heard as a clocklike tick outside.
From Time Magazine Archive
Incidentally, another piece of tubing in the body, the Eustachian tube linking the middle ear to the pharynx, was also described around this time, by Bartolomeo Eustachio.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
A meager description of his methods of " finger surgery " was given, whereby he claims to " reconstruct" the eustachian tube by manipulation through the mouth while the patient is under anaesthesia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Difficulty of hearing, probably due to an extension of catarrhal inflammation from the throat into the eustachian tube.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mucous membrane of the middle ear is continuous with that of the nose-pharynx through the eustachian tube.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Causes.—Acute coryza, acute pharyngitis, influenza, scarlet fever, inflammation of the eustachian tube, gargling, bathing, employing the nasal douche or violently blowing the nose.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
Some of the solution or nasal discharge may be forced into the eustachian tube.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
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