A thin membrane located between the external auditory canal and the middle ear. It responds to sound waves and sets the ossicular chain in motion.

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.

a thin membrane that in the middle ear that carries sound vibrations to the inner ear.

the membrane separating the outer ear from the middle ear (eardrum).

the medical term for the eardrum

another name for the eardrum

also called the eardrum, it separates the ear canal from the middle ear, vibrating when sound waves hit it

Another name for an eardrum. It is the membrane that separates the ear canal and the middle ear cavity. The tympanic membrane vibrates when hit with sound waves, causing the ossicular chain to vibrate.

the eardrum; a membrane separating the outer and middle ears that vibrates in response to sound waves that strike it. (175)

The medical term for eardrum. Back to the Audiology Clinic main page

The eardrum. A structure that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and vibrates in response to sound waves. These vibrations are transferred to the small bones in the middle ear.

The membrane that separates the external auditory canal from the middle ear; the membrane whose vibrations are transferred to the auditory ossicles and ultimately to the oval window; also called eardrum or tympanum.

eardrum; separates the external ear canal from the middle ear and can convert sound into vibrations.

a tough, tightly stretched membrane less than 0.1 mm thick that vibrates at the same frequency as the source. The eardrum passes these vibrations on to the middle ear.

The "eardrum," a thin, taut membrane that separates the external ear canal from the middle ear air cavity.

See eardrum.

The eardrum, located between the external meatus and the middle ear.