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MSH: A mobile chain of three small bones (INCUS; MALLEUS; STAPES) in the TYMPANIC CAVITY between the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and the oval window on the wall of INNER EAR. Sound waves are converted to vibration by the tympanic membrane then transmitted via these ear ossicles to the inner ear.,CSP: small bones of the middle ear; they are articulated to form a chain for the transmission of sound from the tympanic membrane to the oval window.,NCI: The three small bones in the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear.
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