Antihelix

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Antihelix
The auricula. Lateral surface.
Gray's subject #229 1033
Dorlands/Elsevier h_04/12411025

On the pinna, a curved prominence of cartilage, parallel with and in front of the helix, is called the antihelix, also known as the anthelix; this divides above into two crura, between which is a triangular depression, the fossa triangularis.

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The muscles of the auricula.

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Sensory system: Auditory system
Outer ear: Pinna (Helix, Antihelix, Tragus, Antitragus, Earlobe) - Ear canal

Middle ear: Eardrum - Ossicles (Malleus, Incus & Stapes) - Stapedius - Tensor tympani - Eustachian tube (Torus tubarius)

Inner ear/Labyrinth: Bony labyrinth - Membranous labyrinth - Cochlea (Cochlear duct, Scala vestibuli, Scala media & Scala tympani) - Oval window - Helicotrema - Round window - Basilar membrane - Reissner's membrane - Organ of Corti - Hair cells - Stereocilia - Sulcus spiralis externus - Sulcus spiralis internus - Tectorial membrane - Vestibule

Brain: Cochlear nerve VIII → Cochlear nuclei → Superior olivary nuclei → Lateral lemniscus → Inferior colliculi → Medial geniculate nuclei → Primary auditory cortex
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