Hearing drawing
Path of sound from the ear to the brain. Anatomy of the ear, from left to right: - Outer ear and external auditory canal - Middle ear, eardrum (light purple), ossicles (beige), hammer, incus, stirrup, Eustachian tube (burgundy) - Inner ear, cochlea, vestibules and semicircular canals (purple) - Auditory nerve (yellow) With Zoom of the organ of hearing: - Cochlear canal (pink) containing the organ of Corti, including the hair cells (orange) - The cochlear nerve (yellow) transmits the electrical signal to the auditory area of the brain.