咽鼓管
Traditional form:
咽鼓管
Pinyin (reading):
yāngǔguǎn
Definitions:
- Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽 (yān) to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 (gǔshì) of the middle ear)
- auditory tube
Characters:
- 咽 - throat; pharynx
- 鼓 - drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
- 管 - tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
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