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The auditory canal extends from the outer ear (pinna) to the middle ear at the tympanic membrane. It has two main functions:
- Passageway for sound
- Protects the ear from infection: Physical barrier & earwax captures contaminants
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∙ 13y ago**** all of the ear is used for hearing ****
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∙ 10y agoThe tympanic membrane (eardrum) and auditory ossicles (malleus/incus/stapes) are all members of the middle ear chamber in mammals.
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∙ 11y agoThe canal in your ear that leads to your eardrum so you can hear.
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∙ 15y agoit is a part of the external or outer ear
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What does the external auditory canal do?
The auditory canal connects the outer ear to the tympanic membrane.
What lines the auditory canal and what is its function?
The auditory canal is lined with sebaceous or ceruminous glands
Receives sounds and sends them through the auditory canal to the eardrum?
outer ear
The external acoustic meatus is a foramen in which skull bone?
It is located on temporal side of the skull and it is where sounds enters the human ear leading to the tympanic membrane. It is sometimes referred to as the extermal auditory canal.
Is the ear canal a bone?
The Ear contains 3 internal bones the the malleus (or Hammer), incus (or anvil), and stapes (or stirrup)
What does the external auditory canal do?
The auditory canal connects the outer ear to the tympanic membrane.
What lines the auditory canal and what is its function?
The auditory canal is lined with sebaceous or ceruminous glands
How can use the word auditory in a sentence?
He had an infection in his auditory canal
Can you hear without any ears?
If you had an auditory canal (a hole in the side of your head that you hear through), then yes. The ear only amplifies sound into the auditory canal's passageway. But with no auditory canal, then no, stupid, you couldn't.
What is a widely patent auditory canal?
The auditory canal is your inner ear - the part inside your cranium. Patent means open. A widely patent auditory canal would be one that is especially wide/open/large.
Does the auditory canal carry the message of sound to the brain?
No. The 'message' is carried by the auditory nerve to the brain.
What does the auditory canal do for the ear?
Basically, the auditory canal links the outer ear to the ear drum. It carries the vibrations from outer ear to the inner ear.
What is produced in the oil gland's in the auditory canal?
Cerumen Oil
What is produced in the oil glands in the auditory canal?
Cerumen Oil
What are the structures of the ear?
Ear pinna, auditory canal and the eardrum.
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
What is the medical term meaning an infection of the external auditory canal?
Otitis externa is the medical term for an infection of the external auditory canal, also known as swimmer's ear. Symptoms can include pain, itching, and redness of the ear canal. Treatment typically involves antibiotic ear drops.
