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Three parts
External ear
Middle ear
Internal ear
All are located
in the
temporal bone
External ear
Auricle (pinna)
and external
acoustic meatus
Auricle is made
up of elastic
cartilage
Its skin is
supplied by V, VII,
cartilagenous
bony
Umbo
Parts of tympanic
membrane
PT
Jugular fossa
Opening of
Auditory tube
Carotid
canal
Facial canal
Lat
semicircular
canal
Oval
window
Round
window
Promontr
Lat
semicircular
canal
Facial canal
Oval
window
Round
window
Promontry
Air
Ear ossicles; malleus, incus and stapes
Two muscles; tensor tympani, stapedius
Nerves; chorda tympani and tympanic
plexus (on the promontory)
Auditory ossicles
head
Short
process
Bod
y
Foot
plate
neck
handle
malleus
Has a handle
(manubrium), head
and neck
Tensor tympani is
Lomg
process
incus
Has a body, long
process and a short
process
Long process is
Head
stapes
Has a head, two
crura (anterior
and posterior)
and a foot plate
which closes the
Articulation of ossicles
Mastoid antrum
Air cavities
in the mastoid
process.
Comnnect
with the
middle ear
cavity through
aditus.
Auditory tube
Also called
pharyngo tympanic
tube.
Connects the
nasopharynx to the
anterior wall of the
middle ear.
Infections can
spread to the middle
Inner ear
The internal ear
consists of
Bony part
- Osseous
labyrinth.
Membranous
ducts and sacs
- Membranous
labyrinth.
Membranous
Bony
Inner ear
Endolymph
The space
between the
membranous and
bony labryinth is
filled with
perilymph and the
membranous
labyrinth is filled
Perilymp
Inner ear
Bony Labyrinth
The anterior part,
the cochlea, is
concerned with
hearing.
The posterior part
is concerned with
balance. It consists
of vestibule and
three semicircular
canals namely
Semicircular
canal
vestibule
cochlea
Inner ear
Membranous
Labyrinth
The anterior part contains cochlear duct,
which is about 2 1/2
turns The cochlear duct
is concerned with Hearing.
The posterior part contains utriculus and
the sacculus (inside
vestibule), and each
Semicircular
duct
U
S
Cochlear
duct
Inner ear
Cochlear ducts
contain organ of
Corti.
Organ of corti
Contains hair cells
and tectorial
membrane.
Its rest on the
basilar membrane
Organ of
corti
Cochlear
nerve
Spiral
ganglion
Clinical importance
Otitis externa - inflammation of
external ear.
Sub-acute Otitis media (SOM) infection and inflammation of
middle ear.
Perforation of eardrum
Internal ear injury can lead to
deafness and vertigo