What is Auditory system?
{{no sources}} The '''auditory system''' is the [[sensory system]] for the sense for [[hear|hearing]]. The [[Sensory receptor|sense organ]] for hearing is the [[ear]]. == Structure of the ear== [[Image:HumanEar.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Anatomy of the human ear. (The length of the auditory canal is exaggerated in this image)]] === Outer ear === The outer ear is the folds of [[cartilage]] surrounding the ear canal. They are called the [[pinna]]. === Middle ear === [[Sound wave]]s travelling through the ear canal will hit the [[tympanum]], or [[eardrum]]. Three tiny bones, the [[ossicles]], convert the waves to high [[pressure]] [[vibration]]s. They are then converted to [[nerve impulse]]s in the [[cochlea]]. === Inner ear === The [[inner ear]] is made mostly of the [[cochlea]]. The cochlea is made up of three pieces, and is filled with [[liquid]]. It transforms sound waves to electric signals in [[neuron]]s. The [[semicircular canal]]s of the inner ear are used in [[equilibrioception]], the sense of balance. == Related pages == * [[Visual system]] and [[Eye|Eyes]] * [[Vertigo]] * [[Balance]] == Other websites == * [http://www.iurc.montp.inserm.fr/cric/audition/english/start_gb.htm Promenade 'round the cochlea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827123148/http://www.iurc.montp.inserm.fr/cric/audition/english/start_gb.htm |date=2007-08-27 }} * Washington University Neuroscience Tutorial - [http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/audvest.html Auditory system] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205085803/http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/audvest.html |date=2006-02-05 }} [[Category:Hearing]]