Thought to be pretty redundant in modern humans outside of wiggling our ears for a giggle, new research has revealed that ...

We have to insist that hygiene begins with cleaning the folds of the pinna (ear) and that you only have to clean the meatus or entrance to the external auditory canal. Do not put anything inside.

If a breakdown occurs anywhere along this pathway, it is referred to as a conductive hearing loss. Certain types of ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles ...

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 ...

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 ...