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The tube is sometimes blocked off due to exudates or inflammatory processes
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Does the eustachian tube connect to the pharynx?
Yes. The eustachian canal connects to the nasopharynx.
What is the inflammation of the eustachian tube called?
eustachitis
Eustachian tube drains into what structure?
The eustachian tube connects the throat to the inner ear and equalises the inner and outer ear pressure. It is this which causes the pop! when you fly in an aircraft and you swallow. The pop is the eustachian tube clearing.
What structure does the frogs Eustachian tube attach?
The ear
How is the air pressure equalized in the ear?
Eustachian tube.
Which part of the ear has nothing to do with hearing?
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What connects the middle ear to the throat helps equalize middle ear pressure?
Eustachian tube which runs to your nose. I believe the correct answer is the Pharyngotympanic (auditory) tube
What is located between the middle ear and the throat and serves to equalize pressure on both sides of the eardrum?
The Eustachian tube
Blocked eustachian tube?
The Eustachian tube is located within the human ear. If the Eustachian tube is blocked, air is prevented from passing through to the middle ear.
What is the function of the tube that leads from the middle ear to the throat?
The Eustachian joins the ear to the throat
What is the founction of the eustachian tube?
The function of the eustachian tube is to equalize the air pressure in the middle ear.
Channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx?
The answer is the auditory (Eustacean) tube.
What two body parts are connected by the eustachian tube?
the eustachian tube connects the pharynx to the middle ear
Does the eustachian tube connect to the pharynx?
Yes. The eustachian canal connects to the nasopharynx.
Is the ear connected to nose?
Your Eustachian Tube connects your ear to your nose.
What makes the air pressure in the middle and outer ear equal?
pharyngotympanic or auditory tube (formerly known as the eustachian tube)
What is the structure that allows equalization of the pressure in the middle ear with that outside the body?
The Eustachian tube, nowadays known as the pharyngotympanic tube. THis structure connect the middle ear to the oropharnx allowing the air from outside into the inner ear, equalizing pressure and so reducung stress on the tympanic membrane. The tube is only open when the person is swallowing and this is why chewing gums on descending and ascending planes helps ears to "pop"
