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Auricle
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External structure located on each side of the head
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Cochlea
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Relays essages to the brain
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Eustachian tube
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Equalizes air pressure on both side of the eardrums
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External auditory meatus
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External structure located on each side of the head
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Labyrinth
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Bony spaces within the temperoal bone
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Ossicles
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Malleus, incus, and stapes
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Mastoid bone
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Located in the skull behind the external auditory meatus
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Oval window
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Transmits sounds vibration to the inner ear
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Semicircular canals and vestibule
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Contains receptors and endolymph, which help maintain equilibrium
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Tympanic membrane
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Seperates the external auditory meatus and middle ear cavity
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Otomycosis
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Abnormal condition of fungus in the ear
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Otopyorrhea
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Discharge of pus from the ear
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Vertigo
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Sense of revolving of one's own body or the enviornent
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Ceruminoma
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Tumor of a gland that secretes earwax
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Tinnitus
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Rining in the ears
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