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Structure of tensor tympani muscle

Known as: Tympani, Tensor, Tensor Tympani, Musculus tensor tympani 
A short muscle that arises from the pharyngotympanic tube (EUSTACHIAN TUBE) and inserts into the handle of the MALLEUS. This muscle pulls the handle… 
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2008
2008
Objectives/Hypothesis: To demonstrate the feasibility of optical coherence tomography in microstructural imaging of the porcine… 
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
In a gross anatomic study of 20 sides in 16 human head specimens, the tensor veli palatini, the dilatator tubae, and the tensor… 
1981
1981
The WKB approximation was used for calculations of the pure tone response of a straight box model of the guinea pig cochlea with… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The relationships among the paratubal muscles were studied in human fetal and adult Eustachian tubes. That which has, in recent… 
1978
1978
When the helicotrema was obstructed in guinea pigs, trapezoidal displacement of the round window membrane produced a trapezoidal… 
1974
1974
The contraction of the middle ear muscles occurs bilaterally even when elicited by an acoustic stimulus to only one ear. In… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
1. The muscle fibres of the tensor tympani and stapedius of the cat have been examined in the light microscope in teased… 
1964
1964
The tensor tympani muscle of the cat has been studied using histological and electrophysiological techniques. Histological…