what is the correct name if the eardrum? what does it do?
Not to be confused with the secondary tympanic membrane of the round window. In human anatomy, the eardrum, or tympanic membrane, is a thin, cone-shaped membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear in humans and other tetrapods. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear, and then to the oval window in the fluid-filled cochlea. Hence, it ultimately converts and amplifies vibration in air to vibration in fluid. The malleus bone bridges the gap between the eardrum and the other ossicles.
The eardrum helps to convey or direct sound waves into the inner ear by vibrating when sound wave hits it hence causes vibration of inner organs called resonance or sympatheti â¦ c vibration... 8 people found this useful.