oval window

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение oval window в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: An opening in the bone between the air filled middle ear cavity and the fluid filled inner ear, and is covered by a thin membrane; The oval opening in the middle ear to which the base of the stapes is connected and through which the ossicles of the ear transmit sound vibrations to the cochlea; The membrane of the inner ear that vibrates, creating sound waves in the fluid of the cochlea (p 121); Membrane that is between the middle and inner ear; Oval-shaped opening into the inner ear The footplate of the stapes fits into the oval window; A membranous window of the cochlea to which the stapes ossicle is attached; fenestra ovalis: fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it; membrane which vibrates, transmitting sound into the cochlea It separates the middle ear from the inner ear