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Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Middle > Ear Ossicles
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Preferred term

Ear Ossicles  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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.

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Entry terms

  • Auditory Ossicles

In other languages

  • French

  • Chaine des osselets
  • Chaîne des osselets
  • Chaîne ossiculaire
  • Osselets auditifs
  • Osselets de l'oreille
  • Osselets de l'oreille moyenne

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DX4ML9CQ-F

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