Tympanic membrane

The tympanic membrane, also called an eardrum, is a thin membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear in humans and other animals. It moves sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear. The malleus bone bridges the gap between the eardrum and the other ossicles.

Eardrum
File:Anatomy of the Human Ear en.svg Anatomy of the human ear.
File:View-normal-tympanic-membrane.png Right tympanic membrane as seen through a speculum.
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Identifiers
Latin	membrana tympani
TH
TE
FMA
Anatomical terminology

Tympanic Membrane Media

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  External and middle ear, right side, opened from the front (coronal section)

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  Horizontal section through left ear; upper half of section

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  The right membrana tympani with the hammer and the chorda tympani, viewed from within, from behind, and from above

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  Auditory tube, laid open by a cut in its long axis

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  Chain of ossicles and their ligaments, seen from the front in a vertical, transverse section of the tympanum (tympanic cavity)

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  This is a normal left eardrum.

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  The oval perforation in this left tympanic membrane was the result of a slap on the ear