Tympanic membrane

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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.[1] The malleus bone bridges the gap between the eardrum and the other ossicles.

Eardrum
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Anatomy of the human ear.
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Right tympanic membrane as seen through a speculum.
Latin membrana tympani

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