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<p>is to efficiently transfer acoustic energy from <a href="page.php?w=compression_wave">compression wave</a>s in air to fluid-membrane waves within the <a href="page.php?w=cochlea">cochlea</a>.</p>

<p><big>Structure</big></p>
<p><big>Ossicles</big></p>
<p>The middle ear contains three tiny bones known as the <a href="page.php?w=ossicles">ossicles</a>: <a href="page.php?w=malleus">malleus</a>, <a href="page.php?w=incus">incus</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=stapes">stapes</a>.  The ossicles were given their Latin names for their distinctive shapes; they are also referred</p><p>
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