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Fig. 41 The temporal bone at birth

Showing the formation of the Antrum between the Squamosal and Petro-mastoid.


The antrum of the mastoid represents the extreme outer or posterior end of the first cleft recess (Figs. 39 and 40). It is formed at the same time and in the same manner as the tympanum. Its use is unknown, but it has frequently to be exposed by the surgeon to remove the effects of chronic middle ear disease. At birth its outer wall is formed by the thin post-auditory part of the squamosal (Figs. 41 and 42). The squamosal forming its outer wall is then only 2 mm. thick, but every year until the 20 th, or later, this plate increases nearly 1 mm. in thickness, so that by the 20th year the antrum is buried by a plate of bone about 20 mm. thick. There is a great individual variation, however, in the thickness of its outer wall. The antrum lies above and behind the level of the external auditory meatus ; the post-auditory spine and suprameatal triangle formed by the post-auditory part of the squamosal lie over it and serve as surface guides to it. The antrum opens in front into the attic of the tympanum. The tegmen tympani (Fig. 42) forms its roof and the petro-mastoid its floor and inner wall. The aqueductus Fallopii runs down the inner wall of its mouth (Fig. 43), and in its inner wall is situate the external semicircular canal. The petro-squamous suture in its roof (Fig. 42), and the masto-squamous suture on its outer wall (Fig. 14 B), become closed in the second year, and thus the escape of pus from it is rendered more difficult.


Development of the Organ of Hearing: Fig. 35. Cephalic region of an embryo, showing the origin of the Auditory System | Fig. 36 A. Adult External Auditory Meatus | Fig. 36 B. External Auditory Meatus at Birth | Fig. 37. Tubercles round the First Visceral Cleft to form the External Ear | Fig. 38. Part of the Adult Ear formed by each Tubercle | Fig. 39. Auditory Organs 6th week human fetus | Fig. 40. Cavities from the Inner Recess of the First Cleft | Fig. 41. The temporal bone at birth | Fig. 42. Walls of the Antrum | Fig. 43. Outer aspect of the Petro-mastoid at birth | Fig. 44. Membranous Labyrinth | Fig. 45. The Otocyst in an Embryo of five weeks | Fig. 46. Nerve Structures Sense of Hearing | Figures


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Keith A. Human Embryology and Morphology. (1902) London: Edward Arnold.


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