As the vibrations hit the tympanic membrane the malleus vibrates causing the the second ossicle, the incus, to vibrate.
(the vibrations; hit; the tympanic membrane) (the malleus; vibrates causing; the the second ossicle, the incus, to vibrate)
the vibrations the malleus
hit vibrates causing
the tympanic membrane
the the second ossicle, the incus, to vibrate