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The true shape of the tympanic membrane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Joseph Wajnberg
Joseph Wajnberg*
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv, Israel
*
Meir General Hospital, 44281 Kfar-Saba, Israel.
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Summary

Twenty-eight human tympanic membranes (TM) are presented. In almost all of them the horizontal axis is longer than the vertical. This is contrary to the accepted view, which describes the tympanic membrane as being longer in its Vertical dimension.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 6 , June 1987 , pp. 538 - 541
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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