Learn about the different parts of ear and their roles in hearing. Understand the ear's structure and its essential functions.

Anatomy of middle ear

The Eustachian tube connects each middle ear (an air-filled cavity behind your ear drum) with the back of the throat. The normal position of the Eustachian tubes is closed, however, they open when we swallow or yawn. If you want to know how they do that, they are attached to the tensor veli palatini muscles in your soft palate which is activated automatically whenever you yawn or swallow.

The ear is used for hearing & balance, It is the organ of hearing. It contains the organ of equilibrium. It consists of 3 parts: External ear, Middle ear, a ...

The middle ear, six sided cavity, situated between the external ear (divided from each other by the tympanic membrane) and the inner ear (divided by the medial wall of the tympanic cavity). It is an air space in the temporal bone and contains three auditory ossicle that mechanically transmit and...

The ear has external, middle, and inner portions. The outer ear is called the pinna and is made of ridged cartilage covered by skin. Sound funnels through the

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