Structure & function: ear

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auditory tube (eustachian tube)

canal that connects the middle ear to the pharynx (other names)

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auricle (pinna)

external portion of the ear that directs sound waves

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cerumen

waxy substance produced by glands of the external acoustic meatus

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external acoustic meatus

passage leading inward from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

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incus

1 of the auditory ossicles (anvil)

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labyrinth

canals of the inner ear

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malleus

1 of the auditory ossicles (hammer)

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ossicles

3 small bones in the middle ear

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stapes

1 of the auditory ossicles (stirrup)

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tympanic cavity

air chamber between the external acoustic meatus and the internal ear that contains the ossicles

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tympanic membrane

ear drum