Trabeculae of the external ear

Japanese: 外耳小柱 - がいじしょうちゅう
Trabeculae of the external ear

…The eardrum is thought to be a membrane of skin that remains when the external opening of the respiratory stomata does not open. The trabeculae transmit the vibrations of the eardrum caused by sound waves to the perilymphatic fluid of the inner ear, and have basically the same positional relationship and function in reptiles, which evolved from amphibians, and birds, which evolved from reptiles (however, in lizards, a new element called the external trabeculae is added to the outside of the original trabeculae, which are inscribed in the eardrum. Also, snakes have trabeculae, but no eardrum or tympanic cavity.…

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "external ear trabecula" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…鼓膜は,呼吸孔の外口が開口せず,皮膚の膜として残ったものと考えられる。耳小柱は音波によって起こる鼓膜の振動を内耳の外リンパ液へ伝達するもので,両生類から進化した爬虫類,爬虫類から進化した鳥類でも基本的に同様の位置関係と機能をもっている(ただし,トカゲ類では本来の耳小柱の外側に〈外耳小柱〉という新しい要素が加わり,これが鼓膜に内接する。またヘビ類では,耳小柱はあるが,鼓膜も鼓室もない。…

※「外耳小柱」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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