Stock Photo - INTERNAL EAR, DRAWING<BR>Model.<BR>The ear has two functions: hearing and equilibrium. Sounds are analyzed in the inner ear and transmitted to the brain vi the auditory nerve. The inner ear contains the vestible, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea. The outer ear is formed by the auricle and the external auditory canal. Sounds captured by the outer ear are transmitted by the middle ear, which includes the tympanic membrane, malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), stapes (stirrup), and the Eustachean tube. *

Stock Photo: INTERNAL EAR, DRAWING<BR>Model.<BR>The ear has two functions: hearing and equilibrium. Sounds are analyzed in the inner ear and transmitted to the brain vi the.

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