Meatus

In anatomy, a meatus is a natural body opening or canal (Latin, 4th declension pl. meatus, or meatuses—often incorrectly meati).

Examples include:

• the external acoustic meatus, the opening of the ear canal
• The internal auditory meatus, a canal in the temporal bone of the skull
• the urinary meatus, which is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females
• the superior meatus, middle meatus and inferior meatus of the nose

See also

• Meatal stenosis
• Fossa (anatomy)
• Foramen (disambiguation)

This anatomy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Anatomy Anatomy stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Hwasun County Jangheung Look at other dictionaries: Meatus — Me*a tus, n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. {Meatuses}. [L., a going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of {Ear}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English Meatus —   [lateinisch »Gang«, »Weg«] der, / , Anatomie: Ausführungsgang, Verbindungsgang. Meatus acụsticus, Gehörgang …   Universal-Lexikon meatus — [mē āt′əs] n. pl. meatuses or meatus [LL, avenue of sensation in the body < L, a passage, pp. of meare, to go, pass < IE base * mei , to go] a ductlike passage within the body or the external opening of such a passage, as in the ear, nose,… …   English World dictionary Meātus — (lat., Anat.), ein Gang, s. Kanal 6); M. auditorĭus, s.u. Ohr; M. narĭum, s.u. Nase 2) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon Meatus — An opening or passageway. For example, the female urethral meatus. The urethra is the transport tube from the bladder to the outside of the body. In females the urethra is shorter than in the male. The meatus of the female urethra is just above… …   Medical dictionary meatus — n. (in anatomy) a passage or opening. The auditory meatus is the passage leading from the pinna of the outer ear to the eardrum. A nasal meatus is one of three groovelike parts of the nasal cavity beneath each of the nasal conchae. The urethral… …   The new mediacal dictionary meatus — meatal, adj. /mee ay teuhs/, n., pl. meatuses, meatus. Anat. an opening or foramen, esp. in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose. [1655 65; < L meatus course, channel, equiv. to mea(re) to go, extend, have a course + tus… …   Universalium meatus — noun (plural meatuses or meatus) Etymology: Late Latin, from Latin, going, passage, from meare to go more at permeate Date: 1580 a natural body passage …   New Collegiate Dictionary Meatus — Mea̱|tus [aus lat. meatus = Gang, Weg] m; , [...á̱tu̱ß]: Verbindungsgang, Ausführungsgang, Körperkanal (Anat.). Mea̱|tus acụsticus ex|tẹrnus: “äußerer Gehörgang“, kurzer, knöcherner Gang des Schläfenbeins, der vom Trommelfell zur Ohrmuschel… …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke Meatus — Me|a|tus der; , [...tu:s] <aus lat. meatus »Gang, Weg«> Verbindungsgang, Ausführungsgang, Körperkanal (Med.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”