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The temporal bone of the skull encloses the ear canal.
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The external acoustic meatus is a foramen in which skull bone?
It is located on temporal side of the skull and it is where sounds enters the human ear leading to the tympanic membrane. It is sometimes referred to as the extermal auditory canal.
The relationship between the temporal bone and the ear?
The petrous part of the temporal bone encloses the structures of the inner ear. Inside the tympanic cavity within the petrous part is the middle ear. The external acoustic canal ends at the tympanic membrane, which leads to the inner ear. Mastoid air cells within the mastoid process are connected to the tympanic cavity.
Why is the middle ear an air filled space?
The name of the bone is temporal bone. The petrous part of the temporal bone contains the middle ear as well as inner ear. You can see the same in the skull, once you remove the top part of the skull.
Slim long bone beneath the ear?
That bone is called as mandible or jaw bone. You have a pointed process below the ear in bony skull, called as styloid process.
Does the skull house the ossicles in the temporal bone?
The three ossicle bones are located in the middle ear which is an air space in the temporal bone. The answer to your question is YES, the skull houses the ossicles in the temporal bone.
What is the bony canal in the temporal bone?
There are two temporal bones in the skull.
Where is the mastoid bone on a cat?
The mastoid bone is located on the skull, just behind the external ear canal.
The external acoustic meatus is a foramen in which skull bone?
It is located on temporal side of the skull and it is where sounds enters the human ear leading to the tympanic membrane. It is sometimes referred to as the extermal auditory canal.
What is the bone behind your ear called?
A skull (very funny) the bone behind your ear is called the mastoid process. the mastoid bone is the most posterior part of the temporal bone of your skull.
What is the skull bone that contains the internal portions of the ear?
temporal bone
The relationship between the temporal bone and the ear?
The petrous part of the temporal bone encloses the structures of the inner ear. Inside the tympanic cavity within the petrous part is the middle ear. The external acoustic canal ends at the tympanic membrane, which leads to the inner ear. Mastoid air cells within the mastoid process are connected to the tympanic cavity.
Which bone includes an opening for the ear canal and articulates with the mandible?
the temporal bone
What is the bone that is closest to the brain?
Probably the skull. Or something in the ear. From Wikipedia: "The inner ear is hollow, embedded in the temporal bone, the densest bone of the body."
Why is the middle ear an air filled space?
The name of the bone is temporal bone. The petrous part of the temporal bone contains the middle ear as well as inner ear. You can see the same in the skull, once you remove the top part of the skull.
What canal links the antrum of the mastoid bone to the middle ear?
prominence of facial canal
Slim long bone beneath the ear?
That bone is called as mandible or jaw bone. You have a pointed process below the ear in bony skull, called as styloid process.
Does the skull house the ossicles in the temporal bone?
The three ossicle bones are located in the middle ear which is an air space in the temporal bone. The answer to your question is YES, the skull houses the ossicles in the temporal bone.
