Ear between the outer ear and the inner ear. It consists of an air-filled cavity called the tympanic cavity and includes the three ossicles and their attaching ligaments; the auditory tube; and the round and oval windows. The ossicles are three small bones that function together to receive, amplify, and transmit the sound from the eardrum to the inner ear. The ossicles are the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and the stapes (stirrup). The stapes is the smallest named bone in the body. The middle ear also connects to the upper throat at the nasopharynx via the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian
The Broken Ear the minor character of Carajo was renamed Caraco, because the word "carajo" is Spanish slang for penis. "The Broken Ear" introduced the character General Alcazar to the series, who went on to become a recurring character who appeared in three further "Adventures". As noted by Hergé biographer Harry Thompson, "The Broken Ear" is the first story in the "Tintin" series to "start and finish in home surroundings" and the first to deal with the hunt for a specific object. It also marks the last story in which Tintin is seen taking part in journalistic activity and the first time that