ear drum's Usage Examples:

ruptures may need to wear an ear plug to prevent water contact with the ear drum.

In otitis media, the ear is infected or clogged with fluid behind the ear drum, in the normally air-filled middle-ear space.

and mastoid related to chronic otitis media, such as tympanoplasty, or ear drum surgery, ossiculoplasty, or surgery of the hearing bones, and mastoidectomy.

bruising behind the ears, bruising around the eyes, or blood behind the ear drum.

A frog's ear drum works in very much the same way as does a human ear drum.

The outer ear consisting of the pinna, ear canal, and ear drum or tympanic membrane transmits sounds to the middle ear but does not contribute.

tragus), closing the canal and increasing pressure on the tympanic membrane (ear drum).

are more common, are usually caused by pathological alteration of the ear drum leading to accumulation of keratin within the middle ear.

transmits to the handle or manubrium of the malleus which is connected to the ear drum.

In 1649, Jean Riolan the Younger accidentally pierced a patient's ear drum while cleaning it with an ear spoon.

inside the ear canal and uses the ears anatomy to funnel sound to the ear drum.

as one's own breathing, voice, and heartbeat, vibrate directly onto the ear drum and can create a "bucket on the head" effect.

In clinical examination of the ear drum, increased vascularity of the promontory may be seen through the ear drum.

have mild bulging of the ear drum and recent onset of ear pain (less than 48 hours) or intense erythema (redness) of the ear drum.

auscultation tube Otoscope/Auriscope to examine the external auditory canal and ear drum; used during aural toileting, removal of wax, myringotomy, stapedectomy.

Synonyms:

ear; tissue layer; tympanum; perforated eardrum; membrane; umbo; myringa; tympanic membrane;

Antonyms:

effector; inattention;