Three small bones (
called the ossicles
) in the middle ear link the eardrum to the inner ear.
To allow the transmission of high frequency sounds, the stapes is used as an
auditory ossicle.
This, in turn, causes vibration of tiny bones in the middle ear ( the
ear ossicles
).
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