MeSH definition : A mobile chain of three small bones (INCUS; MALLEUS; STAPES) in the TYMPANIC CAVITY
between the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and the oval window on the wall of INNER EAR. Sound
waves are converted to vibration by the tympanic membrane then transmitted via these
ear ossicles to the inner ear.;
A mobile chain of three small bones (INCUS; MALLEUS; STAPES) in the TYMPANIC CAVITY
between the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and the oval window on the wall of INNER EAR. Sound
waves are converted to vibration by the tympanic membrane then transmitted via these
ear ossicles to the inner ear.
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