Muscles of auditory ossicles
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| Muscles of auditory ossicles | |
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| The right membrana tympani with the hammer and the chorda tympani, viewed from within, from behind, and from above. | |
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| The medial wall and part of the posterior and anterior walls of the right tympanic cavity, lateral view. | |
| Latin | musculi ossiculorum auditus; musculi ossiculorum auditoriorum |
| Gray's | subject #230 1046 |
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The muscles of auditory ossicles serve to modulate the motion of the ossicles.
They include the Stapedius muscle and Tensor tympani muscle.
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