Tympanic membrane (Gray's illustrations)

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
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Diagrams of the tympanic membrane.

  1. Tympanic membrane

  2. Umbo

  3. Handle of the malleus

  4. Lateral process

  5. Anterior tympanomalleolar fold

  6. Posterior tympanomalleolar fold

  7. Pars flaccida

  8. Anterior pouch of Tröltsch

  9. Posterior pouch of Tröltsch

  10. Fibrocartilaginous ring

  11. Petrotympanic fissure

  12. Auditory tube

  13. Iter chordæ posterius

  14. Iter chordæ anterius

  15. Fossa incudis for short crus of the incus

  16. Prominentia styloidea

Case Discussion

Original diagrams from Gray's anatomy, now out of copyright. These diagrams have been reproduced from Gray's Anatomy 20th US edition which has now lapsed into the public domain

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