- ear canal
- noun Date: 1930 the tubular passage of the outer ear leading to the tympanic membrane
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ear canal
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Ear canal — External acoustic meatus Anatomy of the human ear. Latin meatus acusticus externus Gray s … Wikipedia
Ear canal, self-cleaning — Most of the time the ear canals are self cleaning, that is, there is a slow and orderly migration of ear canal skin from the eardrum to the outer opening. Old earwax is constantly being transported from the deeper areas of the ear canal to the… … Medical dictionary
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ear|drum — «IHR DRUHM», noun. 1. a thin membrane across the middle ear that vibrates when sound waves strike it; tympanic membrane; tympanum: »Sound waves enter the outer ear, travel down the ear canal, and strike a thin membrane called the eardrum, which… … Useful english dictionary
semicircular ear canal — fluid filled canals embedded in the cranium and concerned with balance and hearing. Gnathostomata have 3 canals, lampreys have 2 (lacking a horizontal canal), and hagfishes have only one canal, perhaps appearing secondarily by the joining of two… … Dictionary of ichthyology
