Mastoid wall of tympanic cavity

Mastoid wall of tympanic cavity
Coronal section of right temporal bone.
The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view.
Latin	paries mastoideus cavi tympani
Gray's	subject #230 1039

The mastoid or posterior wall is wider above than below, and presents for examination the entrance to the tympanic antrum, the pyramidal eminence, and the fossa incudis.

External links

• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_44/44-5.HTM

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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