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What is the name of the Knobbly bit on your ear?

It is called a lobe as in earlobe.


What is the name of the small middle bit of your ear that you can get pierced it begins with a t i think?

Tragus


Where is the tragus located in the human body?

The tragus is located on the external ear.


What is the name of the little bump on the outside of the ear that if you press will close the ear?

The little bump on the outside of the ear that when pressed closes the ear is called the tragus. It helps to protect the ear canal and is involved in directing sound into the ear.


Does your tragus involve your heart?

No, it's part of your ear. http://www.knowyoursto.com/images/tragus-people.jpg


What is a tragus piecing?

The Tragus is a little prominent flap of skin and cartilage in front of the ear canal, this piercing is done by professional body piercers and should never be done by a piercing gun. To do so can lead to serious personal injury to the tissue and hearing.The tragus is the small external lobe of flesh of the ear closest to the skull. It is located in front of the concha. This lobe is conventionally pierced with a captive bead ring. The tragus has no nerve endings but some piercers experience pain.


What is the tragus?

A tragus is the small flap of cartilage that sticks out in the front of the ear canal. It is often used as a site for piercing.


What is an antitragus?

An antitragus is a projection of the auricle of the ear extending to the tragus.


Does your ear have to be a certain size to get your tragus pierced?

It's called a Tragus. The lip of the ear canal should be predominant and should move freely to cover the canal when pushed by the index finger. If the tragus is too small then healing and rejection could be problems. Only a professional body piercer can make that call by looking at your tragus. Do not pierce this with a piercing gun, there are a great deal of nerves and vessels in this area of the ear and a piercing stud can and will do serious damage that can not be repaired. Piercing guns are for ear lobes only.


What is the piercing called right next to your ear?

most likely the tragus piercing. but that's still on the ear.


What forms the framework of the outer ear?

The framework of the outer ear is formed by three main structures: the helix, the antihelix, and the tragus. The helix is the curved rim that surrounds the ear, the antihelix is the ridge located inside the helix, and the tragus is the small cartilaginous projection in front of the ear canal.


The cartilaginous projection just in front of the ear's outer opening is known as what?

Tragus