• Portion of the ear between the tympanic membrane and the cochlea, containing the tympanic cavity and its bones, the malleus, incus, and stapes.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• The air-filled cavity behind the eardrum that contains the three small bones that transmit sound vibrations to the inner ear.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• The part of the ear including the eardrum and ossicles. The middle ear leads to the inner ear.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (ear, middle) The space and structures directly internal to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and external to the inner ear (LABYRINTH). Its major components include the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE that connects the cavity of middle ear (tympanic cavity) to the upper part of the throat.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• The middle ear consists of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and an air-filled chamber containing a chain of three bones (ossicles) that connect the eardrum to the inner ear. The middle ear acts as an amplifier of sound, whereas the inner ear acts as a transducer, changing mechanical sound waves into an electrical signal that is sent to...
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2020