Preferred Label : tegmen tympani;
Uberon definition : The Tegmental Wall or Roof (paries tegmentalis) is formed by a thin plate of bone,
the tegmen tympani, which separates the cranial and tympanic cavities. It is situated
on the anterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone close to its angle
of junction with the squama temporalis; it is prolonged backward so as to roof in
the tympanic antrum, and forward to cover in the semicanal for the Tensor tympani
muscle. Its lateral edge corresponds with the remains of the petrosquamous suture[Grays]
.;
Uberon synonym : tegmental wall of tympanic cavity; tegmental roof of tympanic cavity;
Uberon related term : processus squamosus; crista prootica; crista parotica; processus muscularis capsulae auditivae;
Origin ID : 0006837;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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The Tegmental Wall or Roof (paries tegmentalis) is formed by a thin plate of bone,
the tegmen tympani, which separates the cranial and tympanic cavities. It is situated
on the anterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone close to its angle
of junction with the squama temporalis; it is prolonged backward so as to roof in
the tympanic antrum, and forward to cover in the semicanal for the Tensor tympani
muscle. Its lateral edge corresponds with the remains of the petrosquamous suture[Grays]
.
