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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Auricular musclemiddle ear
Blood supply aspectsHead and neck structureMicrobiologicalMusculoskeletal System

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2008
2008
Optical Coherence Tomography of the Cochlea in the Porcine Model
Objectives/Hypothesis: To demonstrate the feasibility of optical coherence tomography in microstructural imaging of the porcine… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
An anatomic study of the tensor veli palatini and dilatator tubae muscles in relation to eustachian tube and velar function.
In a gross anatomic study of 20 sides in 16 human head specimens, the tensor veli palatini, the dilatator tubae, and the tensor… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Asymmetries in the acoustic reflexes of the cat stapedius muscle
1981
1981
Three-dimensional model calculations for guinea pig cochlea.
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
Morphology of Tensor Veli Palatini, Tensor Tympani, and Dilatator Tubae Muscles
The relationships among the paratubal muscles were studied in human fetal and adult Eustachian tubes. That which has, in recent… 
1978
1978
The temporal relationship between basilar membrane motion and nerve impulse initiation in auditory nerve fibers of guinea pigs.
When the helicotrema was obstructed in guinea pigs, trapezoidal displacement of the round window membrane produced a trapezoidal… 
1974
1974
The Acoustic Middle Ear Muscle Reflex
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
The occurrence, structure and innervation of slow and twitch muscle fibres in the tensor tympani and stapedius of the cat
1. The muscle fibres of the tensor tympani and stapedius of the cat have been examined in the light microscope in teased… 
1964
1964
Studies of muscle fibers of the tensor tympani of the cat
The tensor tympani muscle of the cat has been studied using histological and electrophysiological techniques. Histological… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Electromyographic studies of the middle ear muscles of the cat.
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