 | Frederick Hungerford Bowman - Physics - 1882 - 352 pages
...sound depends upon the possession of a wonderful organic structure — the ear. It really consists of three parts — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of a large gathering surface, which is called the concha, and which terminates in a tulie entering the side... | |
 | Vincent Thomas Murché - Human physiology - 1884 - 162 pages
...the tongue strike the bell and yet you will hear no sound. As soon as the air is allowed to re-euter the receiver, however, you will hear the bell distinctly....tube about an inch long, called the auditory canal. It is supposed that the hollows and ridges direct the course of the waves of sound towards the entrance... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1891 - 304 pages
...hundred feet a second. ing, is far more complicated than any of the organs of sense yet described. It is divided into three parts, — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. 156. The Outer Ear. — The outer ear consists of a broad plate of gristle, shaped somewhat like a... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - Hygiene - 1892 - 432 pages
...ear, the organ of hearing, is far more complicated than any of the organs of sense yet described. It is divided into three parts, — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. 180. The Outer Ear. — The outer ear consists of a broad plate of gristle, shaped somewhat like a... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1892 - 432 pages
...ear, the organ of hearing, is far more complicated than any of the organs of sense yet described. It is divided into three parts, — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. 1 80. The Outer Ear. — The outer ear consists of a broad plate of gristle, shaped somewhat like a... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - Physiology - 1893 - 432 pages
...ear, the organ of hearing, is far more complicated than any of the organs of sense yet described. It is divided into three parts, — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. 180. The Outer Ear. — The outer ear consists of a broad plate of gristle, shaped somewhat like a... | |
 | Joseph Chrisman Hutchison - Physiology - 1894 - 142 pages
...blue from green or red, and are called color-blind. 14. THE EAR. — The ear, or organ of hearing, is divided into three parts: the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. The part which we see is the outer ear. The other and more delicate parts are protected, as the eye is... | |
 | J. C. Hutchison - 1894 - 142 pages
...blue from green or red, and are called color-blind. 14. THE EAE. — The ear, or organ of hearing, is divided into three parts: the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. The part which we see is the outer ear. The other and more delicate parts are protected, as the eye is... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - Hygiene - 1904 - 370 pages
...the organs of sense yet described. It is second only in importance to the eye, the organ of sight. The ear is divided into three parts, — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. 346. The Outer Ear. The outer ear consists of a plate of gristle, shaped somewhat like a shell, known... | |
 | Columbus Norman Millard - Health education - 1908 - 392 pages
...what is necessary for a clear understanding will be given. The ear has three divisions, — namely the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of the auricle (the visible outside part that is usually called the ear), and the auditory canal, which... | |
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It is divided into three parts, — the outer, the middle, and the inner ear. 180. The Outer Ear. — The outer ear consists of a broad plate of gristle, shaped somewhat like a shell, commonly called "the ear;" and of a tube about an inch long, called... 
