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the ear canal is literally the hole in the side of your head, leading to the eardrum. the eardrum is the membrane ( tympanic membrane) at he end of the ear canal.
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What is the opening prior to the eardrum?
The ear canal.
What are the parts the human ear?
Ear flap, Outer Ear, Hammer, Ear Canal, Eardrum, Anvil, Stirrup, Inner Ear, Auditory Nerve, Cochlea, Eustachian Tube
Which direction does the ear canal of a infant slant?
less than three y.o pull pinna down and back
Does the ear canal end at a tightly stretched membrain called the cochlea?
The ear canal actually ends at the eardrum. This is the tightly stretched membrane, also known as the "tympanic membrane". The cochlea is located in the inner ear and is a cavity filled with fluid.
What is the tube that sound waves travel along to get to the ear drum?
The auditory canal allows sound to get to the eardrum.
What are the structures of the ear?
Ear pinna, auditory canal and the eardrum.
What is the opening prior to the eardrum?
The ear canal.
What is a cats ear canal?
The area inside the ear from the flap to the eardrum.
What does the ear canal do?
The ear canal directs sounds from the external ear, which is designed to capture sounds, to the more sensitive eardrum and inner ear (which are within the skull and better protectedWax in the ear canal keeps dust and small animals away from the eardrum. In cats and other animals, the ears must sometimes be cleaned of mites.The ear canal directs sounds from the external ear, which is designed to capture sounds, to the more sensitive eardrum and inner ear (which are somewhat better protected).The ear canal directs sounds from the external ear, which is designed to capture sounds, to the more sensitive eardrum and inner ear (which are somewhat better protected).It channels sound to the ear drum
What is the part of the ear that leads from the canal to the outside of the eardrum?
Meatus Acusticus Externus OR the External Auditory Canal
How sound gets to the eardrum?
Sounds entering the ear canal through the air as sound pressure variations come to the eardrum and are send to the cochlea of the inner ear.
What is an Ear speculum?
It is a cone- or funnel-shaped attachment for an otoscope which is inserted into the ear canal to examine the eardrum
What separates the outer from the inner ear?
The tympanic membrane, commonly known as the eardrum, separates the outer ear from the middle ear. It is made up of pars flaccid and pars tensa.
How long does it take sound to travel from the ear canal to the eardrum?
3 seconds
Receives sounds and sends them through the auditory canal to the eardrum?
outer ear
What collects sounds and funnels it into the ear canal?
the correct answer is : ear canal or you could just write canal if you are doing a sheet/ homework sheet called: 8LD(4) Ear diagram- then write ear canal, if not then choose between; ear canal and canal
What job does the eardrum?
The eardrum sends sounds entering the ear canal through the air as sound pressure variations to the cochlea of the inner ear. By Lilly Rogers xxx
