Ear canal

Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The ear canal (external auditory meatus external acoustic meatus EAM) (Latin: meatus acusticus externus) is a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 2.5 centimetres (1 in) in length and 0.7 centimetres (0.3 in) in diameter.

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artery

Posterior auricular artery, Anterior auricular branches of superficial temporal artery

Dorlands prefix

m_06

Dorlands suffix

12518132

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1036

Gray subject

229

lymph

Superficial cervical lymph nodes, Deep cervical lymph nodes

nerve

Great auricular nerve, Auricular branch of vagus nerve, Auriculotemporal nerve

precursor

First pharyngeal arch

vein

Pterygoid plexus, External jugular vein, Superficial temporal vein