Meatus
In anatomy, a meatus (/miːˈeɪtəs/ mee-AY-təs;[1] pl.: meatus or meatuses)[2] is a natural body opening or canal.
Meatus may refer to:
- the external acoustic meatus, the opening of the ear canal
- the internal auditory meatus, a canal in the temporal bone of the skull
- the urinary meatus, which is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males and in the vulval vestibule in females
- one of three nasal meatuses: the superior meatus, middle meatus and inferior meatus; each are passages through the nasal cavity within the skull.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ OED 2nd edition, 1989, as /miːˈeɪtəs/.
- ^ Entry "meatus" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
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