membrane of the stapes
31Stapedectomy — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME ICD10 = ICD9 = 19.1 OtherCodes = A stapedectomy is a surgical procedure of the middle ear performed to improve hearing. The world s first stapedectomy is credited to Dr. John J. Shea, Jr., performed in May,… …
32Temnospondyli — Temnospondyls Temporal range: Early Carboniferous Early Cretaceous, 330–120 Ma Possible descendant taxon Lissamphibia survives to present …
33Round window — Infobox Anatomy Name = Round window Latin = fenestra cochleae, fenestra rotunda GraySubject = 232 GrayPage = 1051 Caption = View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (label is fen. rotund. lower of two black circles.) Caption2 = Interior of right… …
34Otolith — organs showing detail of utricle, ococonia, endolymph, cupula, macula, hair cell filaments, and saccular nerve …
35Middle ear — There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The middle ear consists of the ear drum (the tympanum or tympanic membrane) and, beyond it, a cavity. This cavity is connected via a canal (the… …
36Otosclerosis — Classification and external resources Chain of ossicles and their ligaments. (Stapes visible near center right.) ICD 10 H …
37Tetrapod — Taxobox name = Tetrapods fossil range = Late Devonian to Recent image width = 200px image caption = A Fire Salamander. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata superclassis = Tetrapoda superclassis authority = Broili, 1913… …
38myringostapediopexy — A technique of tympanoplasty in which the tympanic membrane or grafted tympanic membrane is brought into functional connection with the stapes. [myringo + L. stapes, stirrup (stapes), + G. pexis, fixation …
39mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… …
40muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …
