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  2. File:Anatomy of the Human Ear.svg - Wikipedia

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  3. Outer ear - Wikipedia

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    The outer ear, external ear, or auris externa is the external part of the ear, which consists of the auricle (also pinna) and the ear canal. [1] It gathers sound energy and focuses it on the eardrum ( tympanic membrane ).

  4. Tympanic cavity - Wikipedia

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    Facing the inner ear, the medial wall (or labyrinthic wall, labyrinthine wall) is vertical, and has the oval window and round window, the promontory, and the prominence of the facial canal. Facing the outer ear , the lateral wall (or membranous wall ), is formed mainly by the tympanic membrane , partly by the ring of bone into which this ...

  5. Ear - Wikipedia

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    In humans, the ear is described as having three parts: the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of the auricle and the ear canal. Since the outer ear is the only visible portion of the ear, the word "ear" often refers to the external part (auricle) alone. [1]

  6. Semicircular canals - Wikipedia

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    The semicircular canals are three semicircular interconnected tubes located in the innermost part of each ear, the inner ear. The three canals are the lateral, anterior and posterior semicircular canals. They are the part of the bony labyrinth, a periosteum-lined cavity on the petrous part of the temporal bone filled with perilymph.

  7. Auricle (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    antihelix forms a 'Y' shape where the upper parts are: Superior crus (to the left of the fossa triangularis in the diagram) Inferior crus (to the right of the fossa triangularis in the diagram) Antitragus is below the tragus; Aperture is the entrance to the ear canal; Auricular sulcus is the depression behind the ear next to the head

  8. Round window - Wikipedia

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    The round window is situated below (inferior to) and a little behind (posterior to) the oval window, from which it is separated by a rounded elevation, the promontory.. It is located at the bottom of a funnel-shaped depression (the round window niche) and, in the macerated bone, opens into the cochlea of the internal ear; in the fresh state it is closed by a membrane, the secondary tympanic ...

  9. Cochlear duct - Wikipedia

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    The cochlear duct is part of the cochlea. It is separated from the tympanic duct (scala tympani) by the basilar membrane. [2] It is separated from the vestibular duct (scala vestibuli) by the vestibular membrane (Reissner's membrane). [2] The stria vascularis is located in the wall of the cochlear duct. [2]