Describe the different walls of the middle ear.
What are the features of medial wall of middle ear?
What are the features of posterior wall of middle ear?
What is tegmen tympani?
What is tympanic cavity?
What is tympanic canaliculus?

Features of posterior wall of middle ear are:
1.Aditus
2.Fossa incudis
3.Pyramid
4.Vertical part of facial canal
5.Posterior canaliculus for chorda tympani.

Features of medial wall are:
1.Promontory
2.Oval window (fenestra vestibule)
3 Round window (fenestra cochleae)
4.Sinus tympani
5.Prominence of oblique part of the facial canal
6.Prominence of lateral semicircular canal of the internal ear

Source of images:
1.Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 41st Edition.
2. Gray's anatomy for students, second south asia edition.
3. Gray's Atlas Of Anatomy 2nd Edition.

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