Asymptomatic tympanosclerosis. (Otoscopic clinic).This is the otoscopic view of a left ear in a patient with no complaints or findings. The long process of the malleus malleus /mal·le·us/ (mal´e-us) [L.] the outermost of the auditory ossicles, and the one attached to the tympanic membrane; its club-shaped head articulates with the incus mal·le·us n. pl. lies vertically in the superior half of the pars tensa. The entire pars tensa is moderately opaque, thus preventing structures within the tympanum tympanum (tĭm`pənəm). In architecture, the triangular space of a pediment, or low-pitched gable, above a portico, door, or window. Its boundaries are generally cornice moldings. from being seen. In the absence of an ossicular os·si·cle n. A small bone, especially one of the three bones of the middle ear. [Latin ossiculum, diminutive of os, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots. fixation or an immobile tympanic membrane tympanic membrane n. See eardrum. Tympanic membrane A structure in the middle ear that can rupture if pressure in the ear is not equalized during airplane ascents and descents. producing hearing loss, no treatment or routine follow-up is required. The tympanosclerosis is cosmetic and represents an abnormality but not pathology that requires treatment. |
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