oval window

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. an oval opening at the head of the cochlea, connecting the middle and inner ear, through which sound vibrations of the stapes are transmitted.

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Etymology

Origin of oval window

First recorded in 1675–85

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oval window

Here, the energy from the sound wave is transferred from the stapes through the flexible oval window and to the fluid of the cochlea.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The middle ear contains three bones called ossicles that transfer the sound wave to the oval window, the exterior boundary of the inner ear.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

I remember the first feeling of flying through clouds, spying icebergs in the north Atlantic, admiring a dramatic sunrise framed in an oval window, the flickering lights of a strange sprawling metropolis.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2021

When the Bones of the Middle Ear vibrate the oval window, these vibrations are transmitted to the fluid within the cochlea and eventually cause the round window on the cochlea to bulge outward.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

I loosened my seat belt, lifted myself, and leaned over Vonetta’s head and shoulders to get a look out of the oval window.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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