#auditory_apparatus  all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
  supertype:  apparatus__apparatu  (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
  part of:  auditory_system
  part:  inner_ear__innerear__internal_ear__labyrinth  a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
     part:  neuroepithelium  epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
     part:  membranous_labyrinth  the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth
        part:  utricle__utriculus__utriculu  a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
        part:  saccule__sacculus  a small sc or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
     part:  bony_labyrinth__osseous_labyrinth__osseouslabyrinth  cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth
     part:  endolymph  the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
     part:  perilymph  the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
     part:  semicircular_canal  one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium
     part:  cochlea  the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti
        part:  basilar_membrane__basilarmembrane  a membrane in the cochlea that supports the Organ of Corti
        part:  modiolus  the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea
        part:  organ_of_Corti  the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves
           part:  hair_cell  a sensory epithelial cell present in the Organ of Corti
     part:  labyrinthine_artery__artery_of_the_labyrinth__internal_auditory_artery  a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
     part:  labyrinthine_vein__internal_auditory_vein  veins that drain the inner ear
  part:  external_ear__outer_ear__outerear  the part of the ear visible externally
     part:  auditory_meatus__acoustic_meatus__ear_canal__earcanal__auditory_canal__external_auditory_canal  either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
        part:  auriculare__auricular_point__auricularpoint  the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus
     part:  auricle__ear  the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear
        part:  earlobe  the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear
        part:  tragus  a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
  part:  middle_ear__tympanic_cavity__tympanum  the main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
     part:  ossicle__ossiculum  a small bone; especially one in the middle ear
     part:  Eustachian_tube__auditory_tube  either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
     part:  malleus__malleu__hammer  the ossicle attached to the eardrum
     part:  incus__incu__anvil  the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
     part:  stapes__stirrup  the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea

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