Promontory of tympanic cavity

Promontory of tympanic cavity

View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (Promontory visible near center.)
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Latin promontorium tympani
Dorlands
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p_36/12669937
TA A15.3.02.011
FMA 77694

Anatomical terminology

The promontory of the tympanic cavity, also known as the cochlear promontory is a rounded hollow prominence, formed by the projection outward of the first turn of the cochlea.

It is placed between the oval window and the round window, and is furrowed on its surface by small grooves, for the lodgement of branches of the tympanic plexus.

A minute spicule of bone frequently connects the promontory to the pyramidal eminence.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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