Pars tensa of tympanic membrane

Pars tensa membranae tympanicae

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Definition

Antoine Micheau

The greater part of the tympanic membrane is the pars tensa. It is streched by the tympanic ring and its circumference is thickened, and forms a fibrocartilaginous ring which is fixed in the tympanic sulcus at the inner end of the meatus.

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