Cartilage of pharyngotympanic tube

System Sensory (Ear)
SNOMED CT 362565000

Cartilage of pharyngotympanic tube

Definition

A triangular plate of elastic fibrocartilage that forms the cartilage component of the pharyngotympanic tube.

Also known as cartilage of auditory tube, cartilage of eustachian tube, cartilago tubae auditivae, cartilago tubae auditoriae, pharyngotympanic tube cartilage — per UBERON

The Cartilage of pharyngotympanic tube is a part of the Sensory (Ear).

Also identified as