mastoid cell

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mastoid cell [′ma‚stȯid ‚sel]

(anatomy)

One of the compartments in the mastoid portion of the temporal bone, connected with the mastoid antrum and lined with a mucous membrane. Also known as mastoid air cell; mastoid sinus.

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No references found			It is not only sinus within the skull, mastoid cells in mastoid bone around the middle ear is also type of sinus. Types of Sinuses and Sinus Tips by Dave Text / Health care industry community Phlogistic-appearing tissue occupied the mastoid cells. Synovial chondromatosis of the middle ear: a case report by Saggese, Domenico; Fernandez, Ignacio Javier; Salfi, Nunzio C.M.; Ceroni, Alberto Rinaldi / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal 3) The other theory of development of the mastoid air cell system suggests that the precursors of the mastoid cells are present at birth as periantral, mesenchyme-filled loculi that are visible on histologic sections. Asymmetric agenesis of the mastoid antrum in a neonate by Shah, Rahul K.; Vasanth, Adarsh; Karmody, Collin S. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal			masticate Mastication masticatory Masticatory Muscles mastiche Mastiff Mastiff-Like Dogs Mastigamoebidae mastigoneme Mastigophora Mastitis mastitis, bovine mastix mastocytoma mastocytosis mastodon Mastodon State Historic Site Mastodonsaurus Mastodontidae Mastodonts mastodynia mastoid mastoid air cell mastoid antrum mastoid canaliculus mastoid cell Mastoid Cells mastoid foramen mastoid fossa mastoid process mastoid sinus Mastoiditis mastopathy mastopexy mastoplasia mastoplastia mastoplasty mastorrhagia Mastotermitidae mastotomy Mastroianni, Marcello Masturbation Masu Salmon Masuccio Salernitano Masuda Masudi, Abd al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn Masudi, Al Masulipatnam Masumi, Nosirdzhon Masumi, Nosirdzhon Asadovich Masur, Kurt			Mastodontic Mastodontic Mastodontidae Mastodonts Mastodonts mastodynia mastodynia mastodynia mastography mastography mastography mastoid mastoid mastoid Mastoid air cell Mastoid air cell Mastoid air cells Mastoid air cells mastoid antrum mastoid antrum mastoid antrum mastoid bone mastoid bone mastoid bone mastoid bowl mastoid bowl mastoid bowl mastoid canaliculus mastoid canaliculus mastoid canaliculus mastoid cell Mastoid cells Mastoid cells Mastoid cells Mastoid cells mastoid emissary vein mastoid fontanel mastoid foramen mastoid foramen mastoid foramen mastoid foramen Mastoid fossa Mastoid fossa Mastoid fossa Mastoid notch Mastoid notch Mastoid notch mastoid obliteration operation mastoid part mastoid part of temporal bone mastoid part of temporal bone mastoid part of temporal bone mastoid part of temporal bone Mastoid portion of the temporal bone Mastoid portion of the temporal bone mastoid process mastoid process mastoid process mastoid process mastoid processes mastoid processes

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