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Morpho-functional partition of the middle ear cleft
1Dept. ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, UZA, Belgium.
Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
The observation of an inter-attico-tympanic diaphragm in the middle ear (ME) cleft and the functional histology of the mucosa lead to a concept of ME morpho-functional partition. There are two separate compartments: an antero-inferior one, principally devoted to the muco-ciliary clearance function, and a postero-superior one, more devoted to the gas exchange function. With this concept of partition the mechanisms involved in the pathogeny of "otitis media" can be better understood.