The passageway between the throat and the middle ear is the
A) middle auditory meatus
B) scala tympani
C) auditory or Eustachian tube
D) external auditory meatus
E) helicotrema

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The passageway between the throat and the middle ear is called the auditory or Eustachian tube. The other options listed are different parts of the ear: middle auditory meatus is a cavity within the temporal bone of the skull that contains the middle ear; scala tympani is one of the three chambers of the cochlea in the inner ear; external auditory meatus is the opening in the outer ear that leads to the ear canal; and helicotrema is the small opening at the apex of the cochlea where the scala tympani and scala vestibuli meet.

The Passageway Between the Throat and the Middle Ear Is