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Meatus
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In anatomy, a
meatus
is a natural body opening or canal (Latin, 4th declension pl. meatus, or meatuses - often incorrectly meati).
Examples include:
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 vulva in females
the
superior meatus
,
middle meatus
and
inferior meatus
of the nose
See also
mucous membrane
meatal stenosis
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