The hearing and equilibrium system of the body. It consists of three parts: the EXTERNAL EAR, the MIDDLE EAR, and the INNER EAR. Sound waves are transmitted through this organ where vibration is transduced to nerve signals that pass through the ACOUSTIC NERVE to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The inner ear also contains the vestibular organ that maintains equilibrium by transducing signals to the VESTIBULAR NERVE --consider also terms at OTI- OTO-
The space and structures directly internal to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and external to the inner ear (LABYRINTH). Its major components include the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE that connects the cavity of middle ear (tympanic cavity) to the upper part of the throat
Earth casting -- See Also the narrower term Sand casting
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Earth casting. : Paolo Soleri's Earth casting : for sculpture, models, and construction / Paolo Soleri, Scott M. Davis
1984
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Earth Charter : A voice for earth : American writers respond to the Earth Charter / edited by Peter Blaze Corcoran and A. James Wohlpart ; editorial assistant Brandon P. Hollingshead
Earth construction -- Design and construction : Martin Rauch, refined earth : construction & design with rammed earth / Otto Kapfinger, Marko Sauer (eds.) ; author: Marko Sauer ; translation from German to English: Lindsay Blair Howe