Tympanic Membrane At Biology Glossary

What is it? The eardrum. A membrane situated at the end of the external auditory meatus at the junction of the outer and middle ears. Vibrations are set up in the membrane by sound waves, and these are transmitted by the ear ossicles to the oval window.

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