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Cochlear Nerve


Transfers auditory information from cochlea to the brain

Pinna

Focus air into Auditory Canal

Auditory Tube

(Eustachian Tube)


Equalized air pressure across Tympanic Membrane (eardrum)

Semicircular Canal

Maintain Balance

External Auditory Canal

Focuses sound into eardrum


Malleus, Incus, Stapes

(Ossicles)



Amplifies sound energy from Tympanic Membrane to the inner ear

Tympanic Membrane

(Eardrum)


Transmit sound Vibrations to Ossicles

Cochlea

Hearing

Vestibule

Detects Movement of Head



Helps Control Balance

MEMORIZE

1. Pinna 2. External Auditory Canal


3. Tympanic Membrane 4. Temporal Bone


5. Auditory Tube 6. Malleus 7. Incus


8. Stapes 9. Cochlea 10. Vestibule


11. Semicircular Canals 12. Cochlear Nerve