Medically reviewed by John Carew, MD The ears are a pair of sensory organs whose primary functions are hearing and balance.

So, as you can see, there’s a lot more to the human ear than meets the eye. Outer ear - Part of the ear you can see. Shaped like a funnel to collect sound waves and send them to the inner ear.

The evolution of the mammalian ear is well documented and makes a nice evolutionary story. The ear consists of three parts: inner, middle, outer ear Some vertebrates lack middle and outer ear ...