loading...| Preferred Name | pinna | |
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pinnae pinna of ear auricle of ear auricula (auris externa) auricle of external ear auricle auricula |
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| Definitions |
The part of the ear that projects from the head, connecting to the external acoustic meatus. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001757 |
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Wikipedia:Pinna_(anatomy) SCTID:421159007 EMAPA:17589 UMLS:C0928075 NCIT:C32165 VHOG:0000460 galen:Auricle EHDAA2:0001467 EV:0100355 FMA:56580 MA:0000259 |
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| definition |
The part of the ear that projects from the head, connecting to the external acoustic meatus. |
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The external expanded part of the ear characterized by a funnel-shaped structure through which the sound vibrations are received. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG] |
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| function_notes |
The purpose of the pinna is to collect sound. It does so by acting as a funnel, amplifying the sound and directing it to the ear canal. While reflecting from the pinna, sound also goes through a filtering process which adds directional information to the sound (see sound localization, head-related transfer function, pinna notch). |
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pinna of ear auricle of ear auricula (auris externa) auricle of external ear auricle auricula |
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uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
pinnae |
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| homology_notes |
Mammals have a third type of tympanic ear. An external flap, the auricle or pinna, helps funnel sound waves down the external acoustic meatus to the tympanic membrane.[well established][VHOG] |
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UBERON:0001757 |
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pinna |
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UBERON:0001757 |
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pinna |
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In various species, the pinna can also signal mood and radiate heat |
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