Anatomy
of the Pediatric Ear Anatomy
Pediatric
ear: frontal section, Auditory tube (eustachian), Child, Auditory tube is
shorter and more horizontal, Limbs of stapes, Facial nerve (CN VII) (cut),
Prominence of lateral semicircular canal, Base of stapes in vestibular window, Vestibule,
Semicircular ducts, ampullae, utricle, and saccule, Incus, Tegmen tympani, Malleus
(head),
Epitympanic recess, Auricle, Facial nerve (CN VII) (cut), Vestibular
nerve, Cochlear nerve, Internal acoustic meatus, Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN
VIII), Tympanic membrane, Tympanic cavity, Promontory, Cochlear (round) window,
External acoustic meatus, Helicotrema, Nasopharynx, Cochlea, Note: Arrows
indicate course of sound waves. Scala vestibuli, Scala tympani, Cochlear
duct containing spiral organ (of Corti)
