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What is the purpose of an ear?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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The primary function of the ears is to allow us to hear sounds. In order to hear a sound, the ears are equipped with small parts known as the "drum". What happens is when a sound finds its way into our ears, the drumb and other hairs pick up vibrations (or soundwaves), which produce a sound registration in our brains.

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13y ago

The outer portion of ear (pinna) is also called auricle. It collects the sound waves and transmit them to the inner parts of ear.

The atrium of heart is called auricle but it is different from the auricle of ear. Atrium (heart auricle) is chamber of heart while pinna (ear auricle) is part of ear.

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It is called the pinna s psrt of the ear that acts like a funnel to bring in the sound waves

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To "catch" sound and reflect it into the auditory canal

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The lobule of the ear (ear lobe) is the one part of the human auricle

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It collects the sound and transmits it to the auditory canal (also called ear canal).

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To catch and trap sound.

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receptors

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