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 and discovers the Arumbaya tribe deep in the forest. "The Broken Ear" was a commercial success and was published in book form shortly after its conclusion. Hergé continued "The Adventures of Tintin" with "The Black Island", while the series itself became a defining part of the Franco-Belgian comics tradition. In 1943, "The Broken Ear" was coloured and reformatted for republication by Casterman. "The Broken Ear" introduces the recurring character General Alcazar, and was the first to include fictional countries. The story was adapted for both the 1956 Belvision animation, "Hergé's Adventures of Tintin", and for the 1991 Ellipse/Nelvana animated series