Ear anatomy | Questions and Answers with complete

Pinna - also called auricle, outer ear, called the ear, the shell-shaped part surrounding the auditory canal Ceruminous glands - outer ear, in skin-lined walls, which secrete a waxy yellow substance (earwax or cerumen) External acoustic meatus - also called auditory tube, outer ear, a short narrow chamber, carved into the temporal bone of the skull Tympanic membrane - outer ear, soundwaves hit this, also called the eardrum, and cause this to vibrate Tympanic cavity - middle ear, a small air-filled cavity within the temporal bone. Flanked laterally by the eardrum & medially by a bony wall Malleus ossicles - or hammer ossicles, middle ear, located within the ossicles which transmit the vibratory motion of the eardrum Incus ossicles - or anvil ossicles, middle ear, the vibratory motion once it hits the hammer to this, and passes it the oval Stapes ossicles - or stirrup ossicles, middle ear, presses on the oval window of the inner ear, sets the fluids of the inner ear into motion Ossicles - middle ear, transmit the vibratory motion of Oval window - Inner ear, leads to the vestibule of the inner ear