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What are the bones of the ear?

What are the bones of the ear?

The middle ear contains three tiny bones:

  • Hammer (malleus) — attached to the eardrum.
  • Anvil (incus) — in the middle of the chain of bones.
  • Stirrup (stapes) — attached to the membrane-covered opening that connects the middle ear with the inner ear (oval window)

What are the 8 facial bones?

The viscerocranium (face) includes these bones: vomer, 2 inferior nasal conchae, 2 nasals, maxilla, mandible, palatine, 2 zygomatics, and 2 lacrimals.

What is the ear made of?

The outer ear is made up of the pinna — also called the auricle (OR-ih-kul) — and the ear canal. The pinna is the part of the ear you see on the side of your head and is made of tough cartilage covered by skin.

What are ears made of?

Is the ear axial or appendicular?

Your axial skeleton is made up of the 80 bones within the central core of your body. This includes bones in your skull (cranial and facial bones), ears, neck, back (vertebrae, sacrum and tailbone) and ribcage (sternum and ribs).

What are 14 facial bones?

In the human skull, the facial skeleton consists of fourteen bones in the face:

  • Inferior turbinal (2)
  • Lacrimal bones (2)
  • Mandible.
  • Maxilla (2)
  • Nasal bones (2)
  • Palatine bones (2)
  • Vomer.
  • Zygomatic bones (2)

What is structure of ear?

The ear is divided into three parts: the external, middle and inner ears. The transmission of sound takes place in the external and middle ears. The inner ear houses the cochlea (organ of hearing) and the peripheral vestibular system (organ of balance)

What is the structure of the ear?

The ear is divided into three interconnecting sections: external, middle and inner ears (Fig 1). While the external and middle ears are mainly concerned with the transmission of sound, the inner ear contains the cochlea – often called the organ of hearing – and also houses the body’s organ of balance.

How many bones are in the nose?

two nasal bones
Each human has two nasal bones located in the upper-middle area of the face, between the maxillary (upper jaw) bones’ frontal processes. These sit midline to each other to form the bridge of the nose.

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