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auditory canal
channel that leads from the pinna to the eardrum
auditory meatus
auditory canal
auditory nerve fibers
carry impulses from inner ear to be brain. These fibers compose the vestibulocochlear nerve
auditory or eustachian tube
channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx; Eustachian tube
Opens on swallowing
auricle
flap of the ear the protruding part of the external ear or pinna
cerumen
waxy substance secreted by the external ear also called earwax
cochlea
snail shell shaped spirally wound tube in the inner ear contains hearing sensitive receptor cells
endolymph
fluid within the inner ear
Eustachian tube
auditory tube
incus
second ossicle (bone) of the middle ear means anvil
labyrinth
maze-like series of canals of the inner ear. This includes the cochlea vestibule and semicircular canals
malleus
first ossicle of the middle ear malleus means hammer
organ of corti
sensitive auditory receptor area found in the cochlea of the inner ear
ossicle
Small bone of the ear include the malleolus incus and stapes
oval window
membrane between the middle and inner ear