قناة أستاكيوس: القناة السمعية Eustachian tube

Creator:	Haytham Boles
Language pair:	Arabisch naar Engels
Discipline:	-
Definition / notes:	Tube, Eustachian: The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect, aerate and drain the middle ear (and mastoid). Occlusion of the Eustachian tube leads to the development of middle ear inflammation (otitis media). The Eustachian tube is also called the otopharyngeal tube (because it connects the ear to the pharynx) and the auditory tube (and in Latin, the tuba acustica, tuba auditiva, and tuba auditoria).
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