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external auditory meatus

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noun

Anatomy.
  1. the canal extending from the opening in the external ear to the tympanic membrane.


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The canal enters the skull through the external auditory meatus of the temporal bone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Not infrequently it burrows into the temporo-mandibular joint, or escapes by bursting into the external auditory meatus.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

In a number of cases the tympanum itself, or the external auditory meatus, was directly implicated in tracks; in these, also, loss of hearing was the rule.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

Stitching pain at lobe of left ear and deep in and above external auditory meatus.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

The cerebrum was partly removed; the external auditory meatus was preserved.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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