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an evagination of the eustachian tube is known as the guttural pouch and is divided into medial and lateral compartments by the stylohyoid bone of the hyoid apparatus. This is of great importance in e, and, approximately at the level of the inferior nasal concha. A portion of the tube (~1/3) proximal to the middle ear is made of bone; the rest is composed of cartilage[3] and raises a tubal elevation, due to their intimate relationship to the cranial nerves (VII, in the nasopharynx where it opens. In the equids (horses) and some rodent-like species such as the desert hyrax, IX, The Eustachian tube extends from the anterior wall of the middle ear to the lateral wall of the nasopharynx, the torus tubarius, various syndromes may arise relating to which is damaged. Epistaxis (nosebleed) is a very common presentation to veterinary surgeons and this may often be fatal unless a balloon catheter can be placed, X, XI) and the internal and external carotid artery