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Your inner ear is the innermost part of your hearing system and home to your vestibular (balance) system. It contains the cochlea, which helps you hear, and the semicircular canals and otolith organs that help you balance.
The inner ear (internal ear, auris interna) is the innermost part of the vertebrate ear. In vertebrates, the inner ear is mainly responsible for sound detection and balance. [1] . In mammals, it consists of the bony labyrinth, a hollow cavity in the temporal bone of the skull with a system of passages comprising two main functional parts: [2]
The inner ear works with the outer and middle ear to help people hear. It can change or be damaged from normal aging, loud noises, trauma, and illness. It plays a very important role in hearing...
The inner ear (aka labyrinth) is the deepest part of the ear and plays an essential role in hearing and balance. It contains the cochlea, a snail-shaped bony structure filled with fluid. As sound waves travel from the outer to the inner ear, they create waves in the inner ear fluid of the cochlea.
The inner ear is embedded within the petrous part of the temporal bone, anterolateral to the posterior cranial fossa, with the medial wall of the middle ear, the promontory, serving as its lateral wall. It is composed of a bony labyrinth which encases a membranous labyrinth.
Inner ear, part of the ear that contains organs of the senses of hearing and equilibrium. The bony labyrinth, a cavity in the temporal bone, is divided into three sections: the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea.
The inner ear is at the end of the ear canals, resting in the temporal bone. It consists of the cochlea, semicircular canals, and vestibule and is responsible for hearing, balance,...