oval window
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oval
adjective
uk/ˈəʊ.vəl/us/ˈoʊ.vəl/
shaped like a circle that is flattened so that it is like an egg or ...
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window
noun
uk/ˈwɪn.dəʊ/us/ˈwɪn.doʊ/
a space usually filled with glass in the wall of a building or in a vehicle, to allow light and air in and to allow people inside the building to ...
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(Definition ofovalandwindowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Similarly, outward movements of theovalwindoware compensated for by inward movements of the round window.
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The ossicles function as an impedance transformer to provide sufficient force at theovalwindowto move the fluid which fills the cochlea in response to external acoustic vibrations.
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Theovalwindowintroduces sounds to the upper channel.
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This involvement of theovalwindowforms the basis of the name fenestral otosclerosis.
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At the east end was a blindovalwindow.
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This is pressed against theovalwindow, a membrane-covered opening on the surface of the vestibule.
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Sound pressure therefore hit the round window but was shielded from theovalwindow.
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It rests on theovalwindow, to which it is connected by an annular ligament.
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High frequencies favored shorter distances from theovalwindowthan did lower ones.
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The stapes then transfers the vibration toovalwindow.
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An elaborately outlinedovalwindowadorns the center of the pediment.
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When the ear drum moves inwards so does all of the ossicles and theovalwindow.
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The footplate of the stapes connects to theovalwindow, the beginning of the inner ear.
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Elsewhere, at a similar structure known as the "ovalwindow", the bladder is in contact with blood and the oxygen can diffuse back.
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When the stapes presses on theovalwindow, it causes the perilymph, the liquid of the inner ear to move.
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This connection is caused by a rupture of theovalwindowor round window that separate the inner and middle ear.
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Once the vibrations reach the cochlea, the stirrup (part of the ossicles) puts pressure on theovalwindow.
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The stapes is described as having a base, resting on theovalwindow, as well as a head that articulates with the incus.
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Partition behind the driver, which had previouslyovalwindowbecame deaf; extended sliding door in the driver's cabin.
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