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| RECEPTORS SENSITIVE TO MECHANICAL PRESSURES SUCH AS TOUCH, SOUND, OR CONTRACTIONS. |
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| THE OUTER EAR MADE UP OF THE AURICLE AND THE EXTERNAL ACOUSTIC MEATUS. |
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| SHELL SHAPED STRUCTURE SURROUNDING THE AUDITORY CANAL OPENING. |
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| AUDITORY CANAL; A SHORT, NARROW CHAMBER (1 INCH LONG BY 1/4 INCH WIDE) CARVED INTO THE TEMPORAL BONE OF THE SKULL. |
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GLANDS LOCATED IN THE
SKIN-LIKE WALLS OF THE AUDITORY CANAL THAT SECRETE A WAXY YELLOW SUBSTANCE (EARWAX). |
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| EARDRUM; SOUND WAVES ENTER THE AUDITORY CANAL EVENTUALLY HIT THIS MEMBRANE AND CAUSE IT TO VIBRATE. |
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| TYMPANIC CAVITY; IS A SMALL, AIR-FILLED, MUCOSA-LINED CAVITY WITHIN THE TEMPORAL BONE. |
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PHARYNGOTYMPANIX
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| A TUBE THAT CONNECTS THE MIDDLE EAR AND THE PHARYNX; ALLOWS PRESSURE TO BE EQUALIZED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EAR DRUM. |
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| INFLAMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR; RESULTS FROM A SORE THROAT |
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| OVAL WINDOW(VESTIBULR WINDOW) |
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| IS A MEMBRANE-COVERED OPENING WHICH LEADS FROM THE MIDDLE EAR TO THE VESTIBULE OF THE INNER EAR. |
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| THE ROUND WINDOW IS ONE OF THE TWO OPENINGS INTO THE INNER EAR. IT IS CLOSED OFF FROM THE MIDDLE EAR BY THE THE ROUND WINDOW MEMRANE, WHICH VIBRATES WITH OPPOSITE PHASE TO VIBRATIONS ENTERING THE INNER EAR THROUGHT THE OVAL WINDOW; IT ALLOWS FLUID IN THE COCHLEA TO MOVE, WHICH IN TURN ENSURES THAT HAIR CELLS OF THE BASILAR MEMBRANE WILL BE STIMULATED AND THAT AUDITION WILL OCCUR. |
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| LANCING OF THE EARDRUM REQUIRED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE IN THE EAR CAUSED BY TOO MUCH FLUID OR PUS. |
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| THE THREE BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR; ANVIL, HAMMER, STIRRUP |
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