Medical Definition of Roof of tympanum

1. The roof of the middle ear, formed by the thinned anterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. Its anterior edge is inserted into the petrosquamous fissure so that it can be seen as a wedge of bone subdividing that fissure into a squamo tympanic and a petrotympanic fissure. Synonym: roof of tympanum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roof Of Tympanum

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roody
roof-brain chatter
roof curb
roof garden
roof mushroom
roof nucleus
roof of fourth ventricle
roof of mouth
roof of orbit
roof of skull
roof of the mouth
roof of tympanic cavity
roof of tympanum (current term)
roof peak
roof plate
roof rack
roof rake
roof rat
roof rats
roof square
roof squares
roof tile
roof tiles
roofe
roofed
roofer
roofers

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