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Definition of tympani

tympani
Kettledrum Ket"tle*drum` (-dr[u^]m`), n. 1. (Mus.) A drum made of thin copper in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with parchment stretched over the mouth of it. Note: Kettledrums, in pairs, were formerly used in martial music for cavalry, but are now chiefly confined to orchestras, where they are called tympani.
Tympani
Tympano Tym"pa*no, n.; pl. Tympani. [It. timpano. See Tympanum.] (Mus.) A kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. See Kettledrum. [Written also timpano.]

Meaning of tympani from wikipedia

- The tensor tympani is a muscle within the middle ear, located in the bony canal above the bony part of the auditory tube, and connects to the malleus...
- Chorda tympani is a branch of the facial nerve that carries gustatory (taste) sensory innervation from the front of the tongue and parasympathetic (secretomotor)...
- to hit'. Alternative spellings with y in place of either or both i's—tympani, tympany, or timpany—are occasionally encountered in older English texts...
- Tympanis is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. The genus contains 29 species. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota...
- chorda tympani nerve leaves the tympanic cavity. The roof of the cavity (also called the tegmental wall, tegmental roof or tegmentum tympani) is formed...
- Tonic tensor tympani syndrome is a disease of the tensor tympani muscle, described by Klochoff et al. in 1971. It involves a decrease in the contraction...
- M****eter muscle Medial pterygoid nerve Medial pterygoid muscle Tensor tympani msucle Tensor veli palatini (via tensor veli palatini branch) Lateral pterygoid...
- (Promontory visible near center.) Details Identifiers Latin promontorium tympani TA98 A15.3.02.011 TA2 6899 FMA 77694 Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]...
- nerve gives rise to the nerve to the stapedius muscle and chorda tympani. The chorda tympani supplies taste fibers to the anterior two thirds of the tongue...
- left ear; upper half of section The right membrana tympani with the hammer and the chorda tympani, viewed from within, from behind, and from above Auditory...