ear
organ that detects sound; organ of hearing and balance
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Summary
ear is a class of anatomical entity[1]. ear ranks in the top 6% of class of anatomical entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,253 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: subdivision of auriculotemporal part of head[3], particular anatomical entity[4], organ of hearing[5]
- Part of: head[6]
- Has use: hearing[7], balance[8]
- Commons category: Ears[9]
- Unicode character: 👂[10]
- Has part(s): outer ear[11], middle ear[12], inner ear[13], auricle[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ear[15]
- Commons gallery: Ear[16]
- Quantity: 2[17]
- Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[18], Riemann's Music Dictionary[19], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[23], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[26], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[27], The New Student's Reference Work[28], Otto's encyclopedia[29]
- Topic has template: Template:Ear (anatomy)[30], Template:Ear navs[31]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C12394[32]
- Different from: Q92842179[33]
- Studied by: audiology[34]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q21694889[35], Q110127391[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[37], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38], WikiProject Hearing Health[39]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for ear include adhan[40], a term[41] and orecchiette[42], a type of pasta[43].
Why It Matters
ear has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] ear is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for ear include adhan[40], a term[41] and orecchiette[42], a type of pasta[43].