Eardrum
The eardrum or tympanum is a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear. The malleus bone connects the eardrum to the other ossicles.
| Sensory system - Auditory system | Edit |
| Pinna - Ear canal - Eardrum - Ossicles - Cochlea - Basilar membrane - Organ of Corti - Hair cells (ear) - Auditory nerve - Auditory cortex |