middle ear
Noun
Meaning
the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
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Examples
Acute middle ear infections usually are of rapid onset and short duration.
Instead of sound passing through the outer ear to the middle ear, dolphins receive sound through the throat, from which it passes through a low-impedance fat-filled cavity to the inner ear.
Dysfunction of the three small bones of the middle ear – malleus, incus, and stapes – may cause conductive hearing loss.
If middle ear pressure remains low, the ear drum may become retracted into the middle ear.
In humans, the middle ear works as an impedance equaliser between the outside air's low impedance and the cochlear fluid's high impedance.
In humans, the middle ear works as an impedance equalizer between the outside air's low impedance and the cochlear fluid's high impedance.