HyperDic: middle_ear

English > 1 sense of the expression middle ear:
NOUNbodymiddle ear, tympanic cavity, tympanumthe main cavity of the ear
English > middle ear: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear.
Synonymstympanic cavity, tympanum
Part ofauditory apparatusAll of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
PartsEustachian tube, auditory tubeEither of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx
incus, anvilThe ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
malleus, hammerThe ossicle attached to the eardrum
ossicle, bonelet, ossiculumA small bone
stapes, stirrupThe stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
Broadercavity, bodily cavity, cavum(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body
Spanishoído medio
Catalancaixa timpànica

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