Wow, why would anyone want to pierce their inner ear? Are you just trying to lose your hearing? I think you're talking about some other part of your ear that is OUTSIDE your body. And you probably mean hitting a NERVE. For that, I don't know. You may want to do some reading on some ear piercing sites.
Nerves, connective tissue, veins, yes there could be, that's why piercing should be left to a trained professional who knows what to look for before providing a service a,d knows how to provide the service in the safest manner possible.
Cartilage is just that. It hardly contains any blood vessels. That is why there is very little blood when this area is pierced.
Properly done ear piercings don't bleed. You have hit a vien.
Well... if you are piercing your cartilage, you won't hit a vein. On other places it is possible to hit a vein, and if it's major, you could bleed to death... But I'd imagine you'd get help before that happened. ^^^^^ You CAN hit a vein, but not ALL of your blood is in your ears. So I HIGHLY doubt if you perhaps did hit a vein, that you could bleed to death. None the less you may bleed a lot though. It truly depends on if your a bleeder, or not!
Sound waves hit the eardrum. The eardrum vibrates in response to the sound waves. These sound vibrations are amplified and transmitted by the auditory ossicles of the middle ear to the inner ear where they are changed into electrical energy and sent to the brain for interpretation.
No, you can't hit a vein. I recently pierced my own lip and no problem! it bleeds then wala! plop the stud in and youre done. :)
it would hurt
Depends on how you hit your ear.Most of the time, nothing will happen. But if you hit your ear just "right", you might force air into the ear canal hard enough to pop the ear drum. Not something to experiment with.
Your eardrums vibrate when sound waves hit them. The sound wave travels through the auditory canal which funnels the sound to the ear drum causing it to vibrate. The ear drum then amplifies the sound by vibration of bones. It is in the middle ear where sound energy is converted into mechanical energy. The cochlea in the inner ear converts the vibrations into electrical impulses before sending signals to the brain. The brain then interprets the impulses as sound.
The vibration from sounds hit the tympanic membrane (ear drum), which in turns causes the ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes) to amplify and send the signals to the cochlear (inner ear). The cochlear processes the sounds and sends the information through the Vestibulocochlear nerve to the brain.
when you hit the blood vein
Sure! If your ears are in the way of flying shrapnel, the shrapnel can tear up the outsides of the ears. If you get hit directly on the sides of your head, the shrapnel can cut into your inner ear and deafen you.
Unlikely, although hitting a vein does increase the chance of an infection.