The middle ear is the air-filled cavity within the skull of vertebrates that lies between the outer ear and the inner ear. It is linked to the pharynx (and therefore to outside air) via the Eustachian tube and in mammals contains the three ear ossicles, which transmit auditory vibrations from the outer ear (via the tympanum) to the inner ear (via the oval window)[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0042474 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ear ]
Term information
- GAID:165
- Wikipedia:Middle_ear
- FMA:56513
- MA:0000253
- XAO:0000191
- CALOHA:TS-2233
- EV:0100357
- EHDAA2:0001181
- MIAA:0000146
- MESH:D004432
- SCTID:181185000
- BIRNLEX:1695
- VHOG:0000312
- AAO:0011065
- EMAPA:17000
- MAT:0000146
- NCIT:C12274
- EHDAA:5693
- BTO:0002099
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- tubotympanic recess lumen
- malleal ligament
- stapedius muscle
- auditory ossicle bone
- tensor tympani
- auditory ossicle endochondral element
- tympanic membrane
- pharyngotympanic tube
- tympanic cavity
- blood vessel of tympanic cavity
- muscle of auditory ossicle
- nerve of tympanic cavity
- stapedius pre-muscle condensation
- tensor tympani pre-muscle condensation
- tubotympanic recess epithelium
- tympanic cavity epithelium