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middle ear

the sound-conducting part of the ear, containing the malleus, incus, and stapes

middle ear [′mid·əl ′ir]

(anatomy)

The middle portion of the ear in higher vertebrates; in mammals it contains three ossicles and is separated from the external ear by the tympanic membrane and from the inner ear by the oval and round windows.

Middle Ear

in man and other terrestrial vertebrates, the part of the auditory system located between the external ear and the internal ear. The middle ear includes the air-filled tympanic cavity, which contains auditory ossicles and the auditory, or eusta-chian, tube. In man and some primates, it also includes mastoid cells. In most vertebrates, it is bounded on the outside by the tympanic membrane. The middle ear is separated from the internal ear by the cartilaginous or bony wall of the vestibule of the labyrinth. The auditory ossicles transmit sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the internal ear. In most animals, the middle ear is connected to the pharynx by the auditory tube. In many terrestrial vertebrates and especially in mammals it contains many additional structures that perform important acoustic functions. The middle ear is partly or completely reduced in many terrestrial and secondarily aquatic amphibians, in many mammals, and in some turtles and snakes.

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No references found	Children born after 2000 were also less likely to require surgical insertion of tubes for drainage of chronically infected middle ears, says study coauthor Katherine A. Meningitis vaccine stops ear infections by Seppa, Nathan / Science News Within 4 months, the middle ears became clogged in 66 of the children, a result that reinforces the link between food allergies and persistent ear problems, Nsouli and his colleagues note in the September ANNALS OF ALLERGY. Food allergies linked to ear infections by Science News	Middle America Middle America Trench Middle Amur Lowland Middle Asia Middle Asian Bureau of the Central Committee of the Acp Bolshevik Middle Asian Economic Region Middle Asian Ports Middle Asian Railroad Middle Asian University Middle Asian Uprising of 1916 Middle Atlas Middle Bass Island State Park middle body middle C Middle Cambrian Middle Class middle clouds Middle Comedy Middle Congo middle core Middle Country Middle Cretaceous Middle Devonian Middle Dnieper Culture Middle Ear middle ears Middle East Middle East Crisis Middle Eastern religions Middle English Middle English literature Middle Fork State Fish & Wildlife Area middle ground middle ground buoy Middle High German Middle Horde Middle Jurassic Middle Kingdom middle lamella middle latitude middle lobe syndrome Middle Low German middle marker Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge Middle Mississippian Middle Ordovician Middle Pennsylvanian Middle Permian Middle Pointed style middle post middle rail	Middle distance track event Middle distance track event Middle Distillate Flow Improver Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association Middle District of Florida Middle District of North Carolina Middle Dnieper culture Middle Dutch Middle Dutch Middle Dutch language middle ear middle ear middle ear Middle Ear Adenomatous Tumor middle ear cavity middle ear cavity middle ear cavity Middle Ear Effusion Middle ear infection Middle ear infection Middle ear infection Middle Ear Obliteration middle ear ossicles middle ear ossicles middle ear ossicles middle ear promontory middle ear promontory middle ear promontory Middle Ear Squamous Cell Carcinoma Middle Ear Total Pressure middle ears Middle Earth Middle Earth Middle Earth Middle Earth Collectible Card Game Middle Earth Journal Middle Earth Online Middle Earth Orbit Middle Earth Play by Mail Middle Earth Role Playing Middle Earth Roleplaying Project Middle Earth Vault Middle Earth/Gandalf Middle Earth/Hobbit Middle Earth/Hobbit Middle Earth/Hobbits Middle Earth/Hobbits Middle Earth/Olorin Middle Earth/One Ring Middle Earth: The Dragons Middle Earth: The Wizards Middle East Middle East Middle East Middle East & North Africa Middle East & West Asia Middle East / Asia Region Middle East Advisory Group LLC Middle East Affairs Journal Middle East Africa Central Asia Turkey Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology

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Children born after 2000 were also less likely to require surgical insertion of tubes for drainage of chronically infected middle ears, says study coauthor Katherine A.

Meningitis vaccine stops ear infections by Seppa, Nathan / Science News

Within 4 months, the middle ears became clogged in 66 of the children, a result that reinforces the link between food allergies and persistent ear problems, Nsouli and his colleagues note in the September ANNALS OF ALLERGY.

Food allergies linked to ear infections by Science News

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