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Normal Tympanic Membrane Color. A normal tm is a translucent pale gray. Tympanic membrane can be slightly transparent but also matte and opaque. In this regard what color is a normal eardrum. Yellowish brown earwax may be present.
Tympanic membrane can be slightly transparent but also matte and opaque. Dark red indicates a recent trauma or blood behind the tm. Tympanic membrane also called eardrum thin layer of tissue in the human ear that receives sound vibrations from the outer air and transmits them to the auditory ossicles which are tiny bones in the tympanic middle ear cavity. An opaque yellow or blue tm is consistent with mee. Normal results normally the canal is skin colored and has small hairs. It is thin resistant semi transparent has a pearly gray color and is cone like.
There are as many normal tympanic membraneswithout a light reflex as there are abnormal membranes with a light reflex.
The apex of the membrane lies at the umbo which corresponds to the lowest part of the handle of the malleus. Diseased tympanic membranes may be dull and become red or yellow. A dark pink or lighter red tm is. Healthy tympanic membranes are usually pearly gray. The tympanic membrane forms the major part of the lateral wall of the middle ear see fig. In this regard what color is a normal eardrum.