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Aural Anatomy 371 Outter/middle ear

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Pinna
Promenince know as the ear
Helix   Curled margin of pinna  
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Darwin's tubercle   Super/posterior bulge on helix  
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Antihelix   Fold of tissue marking the entrance to the concha  
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Scaphoid fossa   Between the helix and the antihelix  
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crura anthelicis   The crura is where the antihelix bifurcates superiorly  
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Triangular fossa   The region between the crura anthelicis  
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Concha   The deep hallow/entrance to the earcanal  
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Cymba Concha   Anterior extension of the helix marking the anterior entrance to the concha  
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Cavum Concha   The deep portion of the concha  
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External Auditory Meatus (EAM)   Ear Canal  
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Tragus   Flap of cartilage that appears as if it could cover the EAM  
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Antitragus   Posterior and Inferior to the tragus  
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Intertragic incisur   The space between the Tragus and the Antitragus  
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Lobule   The lobe below the antitragus  
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Scaphoid fossa   The space between the helix and the antihelix  
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Tympanic membrane   Ear drum  
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Cerumen   Ear wax  
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Speculum   An attachment to an otoscope  
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Otoscope   A mechanical device that magnifies images and focuses light into the ear to see the ear canal and TM.  
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Sulcus   The ridge where the ear drum rests  
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Tympanic Ligament   The ligament that attaches the eardrum to the sulcus  
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Pars tensa   The fiberous lining between two epithelial layers  
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Pars Flaccida   An epithelial layer of material superior to the malleolar folds  
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Umbo   The most distal point of attachment of the TM to the Malleous  
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Cone of Light   A shiny refection in a shape of the cone found inferiorly to the lateral malleolar process next to the Umbo  
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Lateral Malleolar process   A knuckle like projection supior to the cone of light and inferior to the posterial malleolar fold  
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Posterial Malleolar fold   Located superior to the Lateral maleolar process  
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Anterior Malleolar fold   Located distaly and superiorly from the lateral malleolar process  
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Manubruim   The process of the Malleus that the TM is tuaut against  
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Isthmus   Second constriction just before the TM  
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