Ear canal

Drawing of the outer ear of man

As meatus two are ear extending passages in terrestrial vertebrates designated. A distinction is made between an outer and an inner auditory canal ( Meatus acousticus externus and internus ). The outer ear canal is used to conduct sound from the outside world to the eardrum . The internal auditory canal is used for the passage of the vestibulocochlear nerve .

The inner ear is complete, the external auditory canal only partially bony supported. The bony sections belonging to the skull - more precisely to the temporal bone - are called the ear canal ( Canalis acusticus externus or internus ), the opening of which is called Porus acusticus externus or internus .

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↑ Uwe Gille: Ear, Auris . In: Franz Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine . 3rd ext. Edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-8304-1288-5 , pp. 620-628 .
↑ Johannes Lang: Clinical Anatomy of the Ear . Springer-Verlag, March 8, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7091-9188-0 .

[1] Uwe Gille: Ear, Auris . In: Franz Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine . 3rd ext. Edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-8304-1288-5 , pp. 620-628 .

[Lang2013-2] Johannes Lang: Clinical Anatomy of the Ear . Springer-Verlag, March 8, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7091-9188-0 .