Flashcards: Ear Diagram

Front

Tympanic membrane

Back

eardrum

Front

Malleus

Back

hammer

Front

Incus

Back

anvil

Front

Stappes

Back

stirrup

Front

Sounds traveling through the auditory canal hits the eardrum, and causes this to vibrate.

Back

tympanic membrane

Front

transmits vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the incus

Back

malleus

Front

transmits vibrations from the malleus to the stapes

Back

incus

Front

smallest bone

Back

stapes

Front

transmits vibrations to the oval window

Back

stapes

Front

Area where the ossicles are located & connects to the Eustachian tube

Back

tympanic cavity