Foramen Tympanicum or Foramen of Huschke: A Bioarchaeological Study on Human Skeletons from an Iron Age Cemetery at Tabriz Kabud Mosque Zone

The foramen tympanicum is an anatomical variation that is created in the tympanic plate of temporal bone during the first year of life. The tympanic plate grows and foramen tympanicum is gradually closed by about the fifth postnatal year. However, due to a defect in normal ossification, foramen tymp...

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Main Authors: Jafar Rezaian, Mohammad Reza Namavar, Hamed Vahdati Nasab, Ali Reza Hojabri Nobari, Ali Abedollahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2015-07-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ijms.sums.ac.ir/index.php/IJMS/article/view/433