external acoustic meatus

Preferred Label : external acoustic meatus;

Uberon definition : A tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 26 mm in length and 7 mm in diameter.;

Uberon synonym : external acoustic tube; external auditory tube; external auditory canal; ear canal; auditory canal;

Uberon related term : external auditory meatus; auditory meatus;

Uberon Development note : tympanic ring, which serves as support for the tympanic membrane, directs invagination of the first pharingeal cleft ectoderm to form the external acoustic meatus (EAM), which provides the outer layer of the membrane[PMID 11237469];

Details

Origin ID

0001352;

UMLS CUI

C0013444;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Auditory canal [LOINC System]
- Entire external auditory canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entire external auditory canal opening (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- External Acoustic Meatus [NCIt concept]
- External acoustic tube [FMA entity]
- External auditory canal [ICD-11 Extension code]
- External auditory canal [ICHI extension code]
- External auditory canal [ICHI extension code]
- External auditory canal [ICHI target]
- External auditory canal structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ear canal [MeSH concept]
- ear canal [MeSH Descriptor]
- external auditory canal [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Auditory canal [LOINC System]
- External Acoustic Meatus [NCIt concept]
- External acoustic tube [FMA entity]
- External auditory canal [Anatomie ACR]
- External auditory canal structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ear canal [MeSH concept]
- ear canal [MeSH Descriptor]
- external auditory canal [Radlex concept]
- external auditory canal, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire external auditory canal (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- External Acoustic Meatus [NCIt concept]
- External acoustic tube [FMA entity]
continuous with
- pinna [UBERON concept]
develops from
- 1st arch pharyngeal cleft [UBERON concept]
has part
- cartilage of external acoustic meatus [UBERON concept]
- cartilaginous external acoustic tube [UBERON concept]
- external acoustic meatus osseus part [UBERON concept]
- outer epithelial layer of tympanic membrane [UBERON concept]
location of
- cerumen [UBERON concept]
- cerumen gland [UBERON concept]
part of
- external ear [UBERON concept]

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