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What (who) is tympanic membrane - definition

MEMBRANE SEPARATING THE EXTERNAL EAR FROM THE MIDDLE EAR

Tympanic membrane; Ear Drum; Tympanic Membrane; Ear drum; Typanic membrane; Membrana tympani; Membrana tympanica; Umbo of tympanic membrane; Pars tensa; Tympanic ear; Branchial membrane; Tympanic-membrane; Pars densa; Umbo membranae tympanicae; Eardrums; Ear drums; Timpanic membrane; Tympanic membranes; Umbo of the tympanic membrane; Myringa; Anulus tympanicus

Eardrum

·noun The tympanum. ·see ·Illust. of Ear.

eardrum

also ear drum (eardrums)

Your eardrums are the thin pieces of tightly stretched skin inside each ear, which vibrate when sound waves reach them.

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Eardrum

In the anatomy of humans and various other tetrapods, the eardrum, also called the tympanic membrane or myringa, is a thin, cone-shaped membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear, and then to the oval window in the fluid-filled cochlea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardrum

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Eardrum

In the anatomy of humans and various other tetrapods, the eardrum, also called the tympanic membrane or myringa, is a thin, cone-shaped membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear, and then to the oval window in the fluid-filled cochlea. Hence, it ultimately converts and amplifies vibration in the air to vibration in cochlear fluid. The malleus bone bridges the gap between the eardrum and the other ossicles.

Rupture or perforation of the eardrum can lead to conductive hearing loss. Collapse or retraction of the eardrum can cause conductive hearing loss or cholesteatoma.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardrum

Examples of use of tympanic membrane

1. Normally, sound is conducted from the outside into the ear canal; the sound waves vibrate the tympanic membrane and set the bones of the middle ear in motion; and the vibrations pass to the fluid of the inner ear.