Feline Hearing - How well can your Cat hear? |
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The outer ear The ear flap (pinna) acts as a funnel to direct sound waves down to the eardrum which is tautly stretched across the ear canal, separating it from the middle ear. The eardrum vibrates in response to sound waves. The middle ear In here, three small bones — the hammer (malleus), anvil (incur) and stirrup (stapes) — transmit the sound relayed from the eardrum to the cochlea, which is contained within the inner ear. The inner ear The cochlea is a spiral cavity, containing the organ of Corti that converts the sound vibrations transmitted from the middle ear into nerve impulses. These are then passed along the acoustic nerve to the auditory cortex of the brain, where they are decoded and recognized by comparison with sounds stored in the memory bank. << Previous Cat's and Taste | Back to Feline senses | Next >> Feline Muscular system 
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