These inner portions of the ear are shielded by bone. This is because the anatomical structures that turn air pressure waves into sounds—the eardrum, ossicles and cochlea—are very small ...

The ossicles move the sound to the inner ear, which sends signals to the brain. Amazing. Sadly, we can't go beyond the eardrum and see all that inner goodness, because we don't want to puncture it.

The middle ear has an eardrum and three bones known as ossicles – the malleus, incus and stapes. Sound waves collected by the external auditory canal cause the eardrum to vibrate, which is then ...

The ossicles continue to grow until a human is born. After birth, there is no growth. Their size remains the same until the ...