Ear canal

Introduction: Ear canal

Description of Ear canal

Ear canal: SYN: external auditory canal.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Ear canal: either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Ear canal: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Ear canal:

• Ear
• Canal

Ear canal as an Organ

Ear canal (organ): Type of Ear.

More information on organs: Ear:

• Ear

Terms associated with Ear canal:

Terms Similar to Ear canal:

• auditory meatus
• acoustic meatus
• auditory canal
• external auditory canal

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Auditory Canal, External

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Cerumen

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Ear canal

• Ear, External

Source - MeSH 2007

• meatus

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Ear canal

The following list attempts to classify Ear canal into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• meatus
• passage,passageway
• anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Sense Organs
  • Ear
    • Ear, External
      • Ear Canal

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