tympanic membrane
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"The ear drum, or tympanic membrane, is a thin, flat piece of tissue that stretches across the ear canal," said Hoberman.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024
Presley, R. Lizards, mammals and the primitive tetrapod tympanic membrane.
From Nature • Nov. 12, 2017
When a microphone was placed in its ear, everyone could hear a ringing tone—the result, it turned out, of an oversensitive tympanic membrane.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015
Hearing in early amphibians developed from adapting the spiracles to become the tympanic membrane for transmitting sound to the brain through the stapes, one of our tiny inner ear bones.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2014
The external portion of the ear acts as a funnel for catching sound waves and leading them into the canal, where they strike upon the ear drum, or tympanic membrane, and throw it into vibration.
From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.
