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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of the human ear This article uses anatomical terminology.
Helix
The auricle seen from the side
Horizontal section through left ear; upper half of section (helix labeled at bottom right)
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Identifiers
Latinhelix
TA98A15.3.01.005
TA2106
FMA60992
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The helix is the prominent rim of the auricle. Where the helix turns downwards posteriorly, a small tubercle is sometimes seen, namely the auricular tubercle of Darwin.

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  • The muscles of the auricula. The muscles of the auricula.
  • Left: Darwin's tubercle. Right: the homologous point in a macaque. Left: Darwin's tubercle. Right: the homologous point in a macaque.
  • External ear. Right auricle. Lateral view. External ear. Right auricle. Lateral view.
  • External ear. Right auricle. Lateral view. External ear. Right auricle. Lateral view.
  • External ear. Right auricle. Lateral view. External ear. Right auricle. Lateral view.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1033 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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Anatomy of hearing and balance
Outer ear
  • Auricle
    • helix
    • antihelix
    • tragus
    • antitragus
    • intertragic notch
    • earlobe
  • Ear canal
  • Auricular muscles
  • Eardrum
    • umbo
    • pars flaccida
Middle ear
Tympanic cavity
  • Medial structures
    • oval window
    • round window
    • secondary tympanic membrane
    • prominence of facial canal
    • promontory of tympanic cavity
  • Posterior structures
    • mastoid cells
    • aditus to mastoid antrum
    • pyramidal eminence
Ossicles
  • Malleus
    • superior ligament
    • lateral ligament
    • anterior ligament
  • Incus
    • superior ligament
    • posterior ligament
  • Stapes
    • annular ligament
  • Muscles
    • stapedius
    • tensor tympani
Auditory tube /Eustachian tube
  • Torus tubarius
Inner ear
Labyrinths
  • membranous
  • bony
Auditory system
General
  • Cochlea
    • Vestibular duct
    • Helicotrema
    • Tympanic duct
    • Modiolus
    • Cochlear cupula
  • Perilymphatic space
    • Perilymph
    • Cochlear aqueduct
  • Cells
    • Claudius
    • Boettcher
Cochlear duct /scala media
  • Reissner's/vestibular membrane
  • Basilar membrane
  • Reticular membrane
  • Endolymph
  • Stria vascularis
  • Spiral ligament
  • Organ of Corti
    • stereocilia
    • tip links
  • Tectorial membrane
  • Sulcus spiralis
    • externus
    • internus
  • Spiral limbus
Vestibular system
Vestibule
  • Utricle
    • macula
  • Saccule
    • macula
  • Kinocilium
  • Otolith
    • Otolithic membrane
  • Vestibular aqueduct
    • endolymphatic duct
    • endolymphatic sac
  • Ductus reuniens
Semicircular canals
  • Superior
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  • Horizontal
  • Ampullary cupula
  • Ampullae
    • crista ampullaris
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