Ear Canal (External Auditory Canal)
The narrow passage way that conducts the sound collected by the auricle to the ().
Part of:
See also:
About the Ear Canal
The picks up sound waves and transforms them into electrical signals which travel along to the . The signals are “decoded” and interpreted by the brain. The sound may then be perceived as loud, quiet, speech, music or a message such as “the phone is ringing.”
The has three parts:
the (visible part, called “auricle” or “pinna”, and external auditory canal) the (the or “” and the containing tiny . These are called the , and , or “”) the ( and the of , called the “”).