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Q: What is the difference between external and outer ear?
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Is the ear drum located in the outer ear or the inner ear?

It is just between your external ear and your middle ear.


Is the external ear surrounding the outer end of the tube that leads to the ear drum?

outer ear


How is the external ear different from the outer ear?

Nothing


What is the medical term meaning the external portion of the ear?

outer ear


Part of the ear that catches sound waves?

External (outer) ear.


What structures is the outer or external ear composed of?

The pinna, the ear canal and the tympanic membrane.


What is the Name of outside part of the ear?

the anatomical name for outer ear is PINNA,The anatomical name for ear is OTO, e.g., inflammation of ear is OTitisENT a branch of Surgery is Ear Nose and Throat also called as( Oto rhino laryngology )Oto : EarRhino : NoseLarynx : ThroatExternal ( outer ) ear is also called as Pinna ( auricle ),The inflammation of outer ear (pinna) is also called as Otitis externa


What is the boundary between the middle and inner ear?

The tympanic membrane or ear drum and the external auditory meatus


What is name of the external ear?

The medical name for the outer ear is the pinna. It is also known as the auricle.


What supports the external ear?

Elastic or Yellow Cartilage is the typical cartilage present in external or outer ear. It contains elastic and collagen fibres with elastin as major protein.


What is ear wax impaction?

Impaction-- A condition in which earwax has become tightly packed in the outer ear to the point that the external ear canal is blocked.


What is the name for the outer ear?

The outer ear consists of the "pinna" and the "external auditory meatus." The "tympanic membrane" is the border of the "middle ear." Notice that the diagram incorrectly labels the "pinna" as the outer ear. [The diagram is posted online without either a source or a copyright notice.]