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• External ear
• Middle ear
• Internal ear
• placed in series(?)
• All are located in the
temporal bone
The three parts have different functions
External ear
• Auricle(pinna) and
• External acoustic meatus
• Auricle is made up of
elastic cartilage and
• Its skin is firmly attached
to the cartilage and
supplied by many sensory
nerves(V,VII,IX,X and
cervical nerves)
External acoustic
meatus(25mm)
• Outer cartilaginous part
• Inner bony part
• Extends from concha to
the tympanic membrane
• Lined by skin containing
sebaceous glands
(ceruminous glands)
• Auricle to be pulled
upwards,backwards and
laterally to visualize the
meatus and beyond
Tympanic membrane
• Separates external ear
from middle ear
• Placed obliquely within a
fibrocartilaginous ring
• Its center is drawn
medially by the handle of
the malleus.
•The only structure in the
• This inward convexity is
body derived from all the
called “umbo’ three germ layers!!
Parts of tympanic membrane
• Pars tensa
• Pars flaccida
• The handle of malleus is
embedded in the mucous
layer.
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Cone of light
Otoscopic view
Pars flaccida