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Parts of the ear
Outer ear
Middle ear
Bones of the middle ear
Inner ear
Traveling to the brain
Parts of the ear
Outer ear
Middle ear
Bones of the middle ear
Inner ear
Traveling to the brain
Outer ear
The outer ear is made up of the part of the ear that you can see, called the pinna (PIN-uh), and the ear canal. The cup-shaped pinna picks up sound waves from outside the ear and sends them into the ear canal.
