external auditory meatus
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The canal enters the skull through the external auditory meatus of the temporal bone.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
"Parietal breadth" is the breadth, across the braincase, taken approximately half way between the squamosal root of the zygoma and the external auditory meatus, where there is a lateral bulge in the squamosal bone.
From Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico 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
There was no evidence of fracture of the neck of the mandible, nor of the external auditory meatus, but there was considerable difficulty in opening the mouth widely or protruding the teeth.
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
The secretion of the external auditory meatus, mixed with the secretion of the neighboring glands or ceruminous glands, forms the well known ear-wax or cerumen.
From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)
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