eardrum

membrane separating the external ear from the middle ear
Thing chiral_organ_type Q173801
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eardrum

Summary

eardrum is a chiral organ type[1]. eardrum draws 792 Wikipedia views per month (chiral_organ_type category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • eardrum's instance of is recorded as chiral organ type[3].
  • eardrum's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • eardrum is a type of membrane organ[5].
  • eardrum is a type of particular anatomical entity[6].
  • eardrum is part of middle ear[7].
  • eardrum is part of tympanic cavity[8].
  • eardrum is part of outer ear[9].
  • eardrum is used for hearing[10].
  • eardrum's Commons category is recorded as Eardrum[11].
  • eardrum comprises pars flaccida[12].
  • eardrum comprises umbo of tympanic membrane[13].
  • eardrum comprises pars tensa[14].
  • eardrum's anatomical location is recorded as middle ear[15].
  • eardrum's anatomical location is recorded as outer ear[16].
  • eardrum's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[17].
  • eardrum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • eardrum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • eardrum's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • eardrum's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12502[21].
  • eardrum's studied by is recorded as audiology[22].
  • eardrum's connects with is recorded as malleus[23].
  • eardrum's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chiral organ type[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include membrane organ[5] and particular anatomical entity[6].

Use and Application

eardrum is used for hearing[10]. Components include pars flaccida[12], a chiral organism subdivision type[25]; umbo of tympanic membrane[13], a chiral organism subdivision type[26]; and pars tensa[14], a chiral organism subdivision type[27]. Part of include middle ear[7], an anatomical cluster type[28]; tympanic cavity[8], a chiral anatomical space type[29]; and outer ear[9], a chiral organism subdivision type[30].

Why It Matters

eardrum draws 792 Wikipedia views per month (chiral_organ_type category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] eardrum has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] eardrum is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of middle ear, tympanic cavity, outer ear
    Instance of
    Has use hearing
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 861649
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9423, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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