Ostmann fat pad is related to: (A) Ear lobule, (B) Buccal mucosa, (C) Eustachian tube, (D) Tip of nose
Answer is C. *There are small fat bodies located inferomedial to Eustachian tube. These are called Ostmann fat pads*They are impoant in normal closure of Eustachian tube and preventing transmission of nasopharyngeal pressure to the middle ear*These fat pads are absent in patulous tube syndromeRef: PL Dhingra, Diseases of Ear, Nose & Throat, 7th edition, pg no. 62