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Outer ear

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external earnoun(anatomy) The outer ear.
auriculanoun(anatomy) The external part of the ear.
ear canalnoun(anatomy) The tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters.
auriclenoun(anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
pinnanoun(anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
pavilionnounA light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
eardrumnoun(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
earholenounThe outer aperture of the ear; the entrance to the ear canal.
earbonenoun(anatomy) Any bone in the ear.
ear lobenounThe lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear.
middle earnoun(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.
auditory canalnoun(anatomy) The ear canal.
external auditory meatusnoun(anatomy) The ear canal.
auricular arterynoun(anatomy) Either of the two arteries supplying the auricle of the ear.
ear hairnoun(anatomy, dermatology) The terminal hair arising from the follicular cartilage inside the external auditory meatus in humans.
auricularisnoun(anatomy) Any of three muscles attaching the cartilage of the external ear to the skull.
otic bonenoun(anatomy) A bone inside the ear.
tympanic membranenoun(anatomy, medicine) Synonym of eardrum.
tympanicumnoun(anatomy) The ectotympanic ring; a bony ring that holds the eardrum.
auricular musclenoun(anatomy) Alternative form of auricularis. [(anatomy) Any of three muscles attaching the cartilage of the external ear to the skull.]

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