The vibrational stimulus normally passes through the middle ear ossicles in the order:
A) incus to the malleus to the stapes
B) incus to the stapes to the incus
C) malleus to the incus to the stapes
D) malleus to the stapes to the incus
E) stapes to the malleus to the incus

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The three ossicles of the middle ear are the malleus, incus, and stapes. The order that the vibrational stimulus passes through these ossicles is from the malleus to the incus to the stapes. Therefore, the correct answer is C, malleus to the incus to the stapes.

The Vibrational Stimulus Normally Passes Through the Middle Ear Ossicles