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Tympanum

Tympanum meaning

A drum. | Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head: | The eardrum (tympanic membrane, membrana tympanica).

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A famous tympanum from Banteay Srei depicts Shiva sitting on Mount Kailasa with his consort, while the demon king Ravana shakes the mountain from below.

A tympanum is the decorated surface of a pediment.

By contrast, all amniotes (mammals, birds and reptiles) have twelve pairs of cranial nerves. citation Close-up of frog's head showing eye, nostril, mouth and tympanum.

The opening of the portal may be arched, or may be set with a lintel supporting a tympanum, generally carved, but in Italy sometimes decorated with mosaic or fresco.

The tympanum dates back to 1468.

They have a tympanum on each side of their heads which is involved in hearing and, in some species, is covered by skin.