The ear
The outer ear collects sound and sends it down the ear canal to the eardrum, a thin skin that shakes when sound reaches it. Three tiny bones, the smallest in the body, pass the shaking on to the cochlea, a snail-shaped tube of liquid deep in the head. Its cells turn the shaking into messages that the hearing nerve carries to the brain.
Depth 1 · Foundation
You can follow a sound from the outer ear through the ear canal, eardrum and tiny bones to the cochlea and the hearing nerve, and say how to look after your ears.
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You can follow a sound from the outer ear through the ear canal, eardrum and tiny bones to the cochlea and the hearing nerve, and say how to look after your ears.
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