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The Ear

The ear both hears and keeps you balanced. It's built in three parts — outer, middle, and inner — that pass a sound wave inward and turn it into a signal. Tap each structure.

Auricle (pinna)

outer → middle → inner
The earhearing & balance

The parts

📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
The Ear reference figure
The Ear — OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)