Our auricular muscles are vestigial, remaining part of our bodies while losing their function – moving the pinna, the outer ear – as evolution took its course. “The exact reason these became ...

The ear can detect a time difference as slight as 30 microseconds ... Time delays of reflections from the ridges of the pinna. The first chart (left) shows the delays (in microseconds) caused by ...

It is located just rostral and medial to the base of the pinna or external ear (Fig. 1). Figure 1: An anesthetized chinchilla in ventral recumbency with tympanic bulla (arrow) visible at the site ...

Ear (aural) hematomas occur when blood vessels in the pinna rupture secondary to trauma or excessive head shaking. Blood fills the space between the skin and the cartilage, causing pain and ...