Anatomy, Physiology, and Function of Auditory End-Organs in the Frog Inner Ear 1. Overview The vertebrate ear is a highly sensitive frequency analyzer that receives sound through a specialized accessory apparatus (the external and mid... DD Simmons,SWF Meenderink,PN Vassilakis - 《Journal of In...
The ear is a complex structure consisting of three major subdivisions: the external, middle, and internal ear. Theexternal earconsists of thepinna(auricle), theexternal auditory meatus(external ear canal), and the outer layers of thetympanic membrane(eardrum), and it functions principally as a s...
It is a fact that the tympanic membrane physiology relies on a precise anatomy, including the radial, circular, and parabolic spatial arrangements of fibers made of collagen type II, instead of collagen type I, which is more common in other connective tissues like the skin and bone and which...