Meaning of supratympanal | Babel Free

Definitions

Situated over or above the tympanum, or tympanic cavity, of the ear.

Examples

“Upper parts brownish olive; a triangular dark spot on the crown of the head; a brown spot below the eye, and a brown band along and below the supratympanal fold.”

“In grasshoppers the auditory nerve, after entering the tibia, divides into two branches, one forming the supratympanal ganglion, the other descending into the tympanum and forming a ganglion known as Siebold’s organ.”

“The outer chamber contains the supratympanal organ together with leucocytes and adipose cells.”

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