loading...| Preferred Name |
external ear |
| Synonyms |
outer ear auricular region auricular region of head auris externa |
| Definitions |
Part of the ear external to the tympanum (eardrum). It typically consists of a tube (the external auditory meatus) that directs sound waves on to the tympanum, and may also include the external pinna, which extends beyond the skull[GO]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001691 |
| contributes to morphology of | |
| database_cross_reference |
BTO:0002100 SCTID:420893000 MA:0000258 FMA:52781 BIRNLEX:1705 EFO:0004221 UMLS:C0013453 EMAPA:16991 NCIT:C12292 MESH:D004431 MAT:0000147 UMLS:C1269548 EHDAA2:0000462 EHDAA:3786 XAO:0000190 EV:0100354 VHOG:0000311 AAO:0011037 MIAA:0000147 Wikipedia:External_ear GAID:104 |
| definition |
Part of the ear external to the tympanum (eardrum). It typically consists of a tube (the external auditory meatus) that directs sound waves on to the tympanum, and may also include the external pinna, which extends beyond the skull[GO]. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Gray907.png |
| has_broad_synonym |
auricular region |
| has_exact_synonym |
outer ear auricular region of head |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
auris externa |
| id |
UBERON:0001691 |
| in lateral side of | |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim |
| label |
external ear |
| never_in_taxon | |
| notation |
UBERON:0001691 |
| only in taxon | |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
external ear |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
The external part of the organ, which consists of an outer portion (external auditory meatus) which leads to the tympanum. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000003 |
Some species, like Amolops tormotus (Feng et al. 2006), have a cavity in front of the tympanic membrane which is considered to be an ear canal and thus an outer ear. (...) The ancestral lineage of amphibians separated from the mammalian lineage, approximately 350 million years ago, in the paleozoic era. Many of the important developments in the auditory systems emerged after the ancestral paths separated (Manley and Clack 2003). This implies that shared features, like the tympanic middle ear, developed independently in different vertebrate lineages.[uncertain][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
in XAO this includes and is only the tympanum |
| subClassOf |