Eustachian Tube (Noun)
Meaning
Either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- When I went scuba diving my eustachian tube had trouble equalizing the air pressure, which caused me to feel severe pain in my ear.
- A eustachian tube connects each of our ears to the back of our nose, balancing the pressure within the ears with that in the outside air.
- He strained himself yawning trying to force air into the blocked eustachian tube that made the clicking noise as it released.
- Chewing gum stimulates swallowing and salivation that aids to stimulate and unclog a eustachian tube to work correctly during flying or travel by sea.
- Pressure is constantly adjusted within our ear thanks to our functioning eustachian tube so a quick tube action causes pain like other small cavities expanding during diving at deeper sea level