Middle ear, light micrograph

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Light micrograph showing, from right: the ear canal lined by squamous stratified epithelium, the eardrum, or tympanic membrane, with the insertion of malleus, the articulation between the malleus (with its ligament) and incus, and a cross-sectioned facial nerve (cranial nerve VII).

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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