Inner ear

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Template:Infobox Anatomy The inner ear comprises both:

• the organ of hearing (the cochlea)
• and the labyrinth or vestibular apparatus, the organ of balance located in the inner ear that consists of three semicircular canals and the vestibule.

See also

Noise health effects Recently studies have shown that over a period of time (About 15 years) of enduring heavy amounts of ear wax, cold lead to a stroke.

How could this lead to a stroke?

      ~This leads to strokes because the ear wax, overworks the central altemoins, which when this happens over time, leads to the popping of Arteries and veins, which fills the brain with blood.

      Signed,
          Dr. Kumar Ghandahal

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Sensory system - Auditory system - edit

Outer ear: Pinna | Ear canal  Middle ear: Eardrum | Ossicles (Malleus, Incus & Stapes) | Stapedius | Tensor tympani | Eustachian tube Inner ear: Cochlea (Scala vestibuli, Scala media & Scala tympani) | Oval window | Helicotrema | Round window | Basilar membrane | Reissner's membrane | Organ of Corti | Hair cells | Stereocilia Brain: Cochlear nerve VIII → Cochlear nuclei → Superior olivary nuclei → Inferior colliculi → Medial geniculate nuclei → Primary auditory cortex