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Inner ear   /ˈɪnər ɪr/   Listen
Inner ear

noun
1.
A complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium.  Synonyms: internal ear, labyrinth.






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"Inner ear" Quotes from Famous Books



... mounting the doorstep, came in and walked about the kitchen without being observed by its strict owner; and the tin dipper slipped off its nail behind us and made an astonishing noise, and jar enough to reach Mrs. Hight's inner ear and make her turn her head to look at it; but we talked straight on. We came at last to understand each other upon such terms of friendship that she unbent her majestic port and complained to me as any poor old woman might of the hardships of her illness. She ...
— The Queen's Twin and Other Stories • Sarah Orne Jewett



Words linked to "Inner ear" :   sense organ, semicircular canal, sensory receptor, perilymph, auditory apparatus, osseous labyrinth, membranous labyrinth, labyrinthine artery, internal auditory artery, labyrinthine vein, cochlea, neuroepithelium, artery of the labyrinth, bony labyrinth, receptor, internal auditory vein, endolymph



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