Middle-ear Synonyms

mĭdl
The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
Synonyms:
  1. tympanic cavity
  2. tympanum

Middle-ear Sentence Examples

  • The three middle ear bones â the ossicles â are called the malleus, the incus and the stapes.

  • This, in turn, causes vibration of tiny bones in the middle ear (the ear ossicles ).

  • Fluid builds up inside the middle ear and goes sticky like glue.

  • Doctors treating chronic otitis media (or glue ear) often puncture the eardrum on purpose to drain pus from the middle ear.

  • In mammals the quadrate bone is incorporated into the middle ear as the malleus.

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