posterior recess of tympanic membrane

pos·te·ri·or re·cess of tym·pan·ic mem·brane

[TA] a narrow pocket in the tympanic wall between the posterior malleolar fold and the tympanic membrane. Synonym(s): recessus posterior membranae tympanicae [TA], Tröltsch pockets, Tröltsch recesses

Tröltsch,

Anton F. von, German otologist, 1829-1890. Tröltsch corpuscles - minute spaces resembling corpuscles between the radial fibers of the drum membrane of the ear.Tröltsch fold - one of two ligamentous bands that mark the boundary between the tense and the flaccid portions of the tympanic membrane. Synonym(s): mallear foldTröltsch pockets - Synonym(s): Tröltsch recessesTröltsch recesses - slitlike spaces on the tympanic wall between the anterior and posterior malleolar folds and the tympanic membrane. Synonym(s): anterior recess of tympanic membrane; posterior recess of tympanic membrane; Tröltsch pockets