See Also: septum of auditory tube(medicine)
auditory tube(medicine)
Auditory tube(health)
saemicanal of auditory tube(medicine)
air cells of auditory tube(medicine)
groove for auditory tube(medicine)
glands of auditory tube(medicine)
cartilage of auditory tube(medicine)
isthmus of auditory tube(medicine)
mucosa of auditory tube(medicine)

septum of auditory tube (medicine)


septum of auditory tube


A very thin horizontal plate of bone forming two saemicanals, the upper, smaller, for the tensor tympani muscle, the lower, larger for the auditory tube; its termination in the middle ear is the processus cochleariformis.

Synonym: septum canalis musculotubarii, septum of musculotubal canal, septum tubae.