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| helix | the outer rim of the ear that begins superior to the lobe and ends by attaching to the cheek; it has the general shape of a question mark. |
| scapha | The fossa between the inner and outer rims of the ear; it is the shallowest depression of the ear. |
| antihelix | The inner rim of the ear that starts at the superior border of the lobe and continues upward until it ends by becoming the crura; it forms the superior and posterior walls of the concha. |
| crura | The superior and anterior bifurcating branches of the antihelix. |
| triangular fossa | Depression between the crura that is the second deepest depression of the ear. |
| concha | Concave shell of the ear; the deepest depression of the ear located posterior and superior to the ear passage. |
| tragus | An elevation protecting the ear passage, which arises from the posterior margin of the lateral cheek. |
| antiragus | A small eminence obliquely opposite the tragus that is located on the superior border fo the lobe of the ear. |
| intertragic notch | A notch or opening between the tragus and antitragus of the ear. |
| lobe | Inferior fatty 1/3 of the ear that attaches to the cheek; most inferior part of the ear. |
| crus | The origin of the helix that is flattened and ends in the concha. |
| ear | the organ of hearing consisting of the external ear, middle ear, and internal ear |
