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inner ear

inner ear

noun

  1. another name for internal ear labyrinth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


inner ear

/ ĭnər /

  1. The innermost part of the ear in many vertebrate animals, consisting of the cochlea, the semicircular canals, and the vestibule. Sound vibrations are transmitted from the cochlea of the inner ear to the brain by the auditory nerve. The semicircular canals and the vestibule are the body's organs of balance.
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inner ear

  1. The part of the ear , located deep within the skull, where sound vibrations are converted to electrical signals and sent to the brain via the auditory nerve to produce the sensation of hearing. Organs related to balance are also located in the inner ear.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of inner ear1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

Kruger’s group drew on comparisons with the inner ears of modern mammals, he notes.

They found that the animal’s inner ears — bony tubes that help with balance — dwarfed those of its peer predators.

The study draws on analyses of the inner ears of modern mammals, distant relatives of the group of reptiles that includes anteosaurs.

Imagine a pilot is in a gradual, constant left turn, but doesn’t realize it, and the inner ear’s “liquid is not moving,” Stepanek explains.

The inner ear, which helps humans balance, cannot tell the difference between forces created by gravity and movement, which can cause confusion when it’s difficult to see, NTSB specialist Marie Moler wrote.

They haven't got the sensitized inner ear of the quiet time that would lead them up into higher, broader service.

The tiniest defect in the mechanism of the inner ear may cost the airman his life, if he undertakes night flying.

A little tube called the Eustachian tube connects the inner ear with the mouth cavity.

The first part to appear is a portion of the inner ear, which shows itself as a round, hollowing of the ectoderm.

A quiet place shuts out the outer sounds, and gives the inner ear a chance to learn other sounds.

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