Medically reviewed by Sukaina Hasnie, MD The malleus is a hammer-shaped bone in the middle ear. It is also known as the ...

When the sound waves reach the eardrum, the eardrum vibrates. The three bones of the middle ear are called the ossicles. These include the hammer, anvil, and stirrup. The eardrum and the ossicles ...

The ossicles move the sound to the inner ear, which sends signals to the brain. Amazing. Sadly, we can't go beyond the eardrum and see all that inner goodness, because we don't want to puncture it.

Use of the chinchilla as a model of middle ear infection in auditory research necessitates accessing the middle ear to collect samples or inoculate bacteria. This column describes a simple ...

The middle ear has an eardrum and three bones known as ossicles – the malleus, incus and stapes. Sound waves collected by the external auditory canal cause the eardrum to vibrate, which is then ...

This structure transmits sound vibrations, similar to the way the three tiny bones (ossicles) in the human middle ear ...

The middle ear, composed of the eardrum and ossicles, transmits sound waves to the inner ear, which features the cochlea - the hearing organ responsible for transmitting auditory messages to the ...