MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your ears have two main functions: hearing and balance. Hearing: When sound waves enter your ear canal, your tympanic membrane (eardrum) vibrates. This vibration passes on to three tiny bones (ossicles) in your middle ear. The ossicles amplify and transmit these sound waves to your inner ear.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ear is a sensory organ that picks up sound waves, allowing us to hear. It is also essential to our sense of balance: the organ of balance (the vestibular system) is found inside the inner ear. It is made up of three semicircular canals and two otolith organs, known as the utricle and the saccule.

Detailed explanation-3: -While the external and middle ears are mainly concerned with the transmission of sound, the inner ear contains the cochlea – often called the organ of hearing – and also houses the body’s organ of balance.