The skeletal system comprises 206 bones and has two main parts: the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The skeletal system includes your bones, ligaments that attach bone to bone, and ...

Sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate. The vibrations from the eardrum set the ossicles into motion. The ossicles are actually tiny bones — the smallest in the human body. The three bones are named ...

Pulsatile tinnitus, a rhythmic sound that matches the heartbeat, is caused by turbulent blood flow in the neck or head, with ...

When ossicles do not have the ability to transmit vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear structures, sound moves more slowly, and a type of hearing loss called conductive hearing loss is the ...