Anatomy
auditory ossicle
[ aw-di-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee- os-i-kuhl ]
Subclass of:
middle ear
Definitions related to ear ossicle:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (auditory ossicle) Small bones of the middle ear; they are articulated to form a chain for the transmission of sound from the tympanic membrane to the oval window.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (auditory ossicle) The three small bones in the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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