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Eustachian Tube

Known as: Tubes, Eustachian, Pharyngotympanic Tubes, Internal auditory tube 
A tubular structure that runs from the middle ear to the nasopharynx and is approximately 3-4 cm length. Its lumen is roughly triangular and has… 
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middle ear

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Impact of Evolution on the Eustachian Tube
I posit that humans appear to be the only species that develops otitis media. If animals in the wild had developed middle‐ear… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Eustachian tube : structure, function, and role in otitis media
I. INTRODUCTION A. Overview of book B. Epidemiology and Impact: 1. CDC OM study, 2. AOM, 3. OME, 4. CSOM, 5. Cholesteatoma, 6… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Prognostic factors of nasopharynx tumors investigated by MR imaging and the value of MR imaging in the newly published TNM staging.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Eustachian Tube Histopathology during Experimental Influenza a Virus Infection in the Chinchilla
The eustachian tubes of 29 influenza a virus–infected chinchillas were examined for histopathologic signs at intervals up to 21… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Upper respiratory tract infection and eustachian tube function in children.
The Eustachian tube function was studied in 11 children (3-9 years of age) with and without upper respiratory tract infection… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
On the origin of the high negative pressure in the middle ear space.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Effect of Surgical Alterations of the Tensor Veli Palatini Muscle onc Eustachian Tube Function
Previous studies in humans have indicated that functional obstruction of the eustachian tube (ET) is an important factor in the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Goblet Cell Population in the Pathological Middle Ear and Eustachian Tube of Children and Adults
On 64 temporal bones from slightly abnormal and pathological prematures and newborn infants, children, and adults, 35,000–40,000… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Eustachian tube function in secretory otitis media.
In ears with secretory otitis media, the Eustachian tube function was determined by the aspiration method. It was shown that… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The normal function of the eustachian tube. A study of 102 cases.
A method permitting quantitative tubal function tests across an intact tympanic membrane has been worked out. The method permits… 
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