TY - JOUR T1 - Anatomy of the Eustachian Tube. A1 - Leuwer,Rudolf, Y1 - 2016/07/25/ PY - 2016/7/30/entrez PY - 2016/7/30/pubmed PY - 2017/3/21/medline KW - Auxiliary gap KW - Eustachian tube cartilage KW - Medial pterygoid muscle KW - Ostmann fat pad KW - Rüdinger safety canal KW - Salpingopharyngeal muscle KW - Tensor veli palatini muscle KW - Tubal supensory ligaments SP - 1097 EP - 106 JF - Otolaryngologic clinics of North America JO - Otolaryngol Clin North Am VL - 49 IS - 5 N2 - The eustachian tube consists of 2 compartments: the Rüdinger's safety canal and the auxiliary gap. It is surrounded by a cartilaginous wall on the craniomedial side and a membranous wall on the inferolateral side. The eustachian tube cartilage is firmly attached to the skull base by the lateral and the medial suspensory ligaments, which are separated by the medial Ostmann fat pad. The function of the isometric tensor veli palatini muscle is modulated by hypomochlia, which have an influence on the muscular force vectors. SN - 1557-8259 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/27468634/Anatomy_of_the_Eustachian_Tube_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -