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ear canal

NOUN
  1. either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

How To Use ear canal In A Sentence

  • The ear canal also named middle ear splays out at the external position.
  • Contact dermatitis in the ear canal can result from almost any local irritant, including topical anti-infective agents and anesthetics and other topical preparations.
  • Some twenty minutes after the accident the patient used a spoonlike earpick to remove a bony fragment from deep in his ear canal and we identified this as the malleus that had been fractured at its manubrium.
  • As the side of the wakeboarder's face hits the water, a column of air is forced into the external auditory ear canal and the tympanic membrane ruptures.
  • I didn't see any good shots of his ear canal, so he could have pretty easily had a small, wireless earbud receiver in there.
  • A sound stimulus generator transmits acoustic energy into the canal while a vacuum pump introduces positive and negative pressures into the ear canal.
  • Sound normally reaches the cochlea via the ear canal and the middle ear, but it may also reach the cochlea through bone conduction.
  • Use a serving syringe device to gently direct water against the wall of the ear canal.
  • These waves are channeled through the ear canal to hit the eardrum, causing vibrations.
  • In most cases the doctor can see into the ear canal using an instrument called an auroscope and diagnose the problem.
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