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

The middle ear bones shift and the stapes transfers mechanical energy to the oval window of the fluid-filled inner ear cochlea.

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 sound strikes the ear drum, the movement is transferred to the footplate of the stapes, which attaches to the oval window and presses into one of the fluid-filled ducts of the cochlea.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

The stapes transfers the vibrations of the incus to the oval window, a portion of the inner ear to which it is connected.

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