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caroticotympanic

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caroticotympanic /ca·rot·i·co·tym·pan·ic/ (kah-rot″ĭ-ko-tim-pan´ik) pertaining to the carotid canal and the tympanum.
ca·rot·i·co·tym·pan·ic (k-rt-k-tm-pnk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving the carotid canal and the tympanum.

caroticotympanic [kah-rot″ĭ-ko-tim-pan´ik]
pertaining to the carotid canal and tympanum.

caroticotympanic
pertaining to the carotid canal and the tympanum of the middle ear.


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Pain may also be caused by irritation of the superior and inferior caroticotympanic nerves and the carotid sympathetic plexus close to an elongated styloid process.
A small branch (the caroticotympanic artery) arises from the ICA near the genu and perforates the bony plate of the carotid canal to enter the posteromedial tympanic cavity.
 
 
 
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