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tympanic membrane

NOUN
  1. the membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound

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  • The manubrium mallei (handle) is connected by its lateral margin with the tympanic membrane. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles
  • As the side of the wakeboarder's face hits the water, a column of air is forced into the external auditory ear canal and the tympanic membrane ruptures.
  • The assumption commonly made is that vibrations in the water or air by direct contact cause the tympanic membrane to vibrate; this in turn causes a movement of the columella, which is transmitted to the perilymphatic fluid of the inner ear. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
  • By changes in their development, the articular and the quadrate bones in mammals were modified into two bones, the malleus and incus, whose function was now to transmit sound from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear.
  • Differentiating otitis externa from acute mastoiditis may be difficult because of severe ear pain and the inability to visualize the tympanic membrane.
  • The retroarticular process of the articular persists only as the tiny manubrium which remains in contact with the tympanic membrane as it presumably did in Probainognathus.
  • The pus may escape or drain through a ruptured or incised tympanic membrane, the eardrum.
  • Kelly saw him claw at his ears when both tympanic membranes ruptured, not a second apart. WITHOUT REMORSE
  • The ear canal is closed at its inner end by a thin diaphragm of stretched skin known as the eardrum or tympanic membrane, which vibrates as the air pressure changes.
  • The middle ear ossicles and tympanic membrane remained intact, so sound stimulation could be applied to the preparation through a loudspeaker connected to the external ear canal.
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