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Why don't ears have bones?

2025/1/16
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Anna Goldfield：我一开始以为歌曲歌词中提到的‘耳骨’是错误的，因为我以为耳朵的骨头并没有连接到头骨上。但实际上，我发现自己对耳朵的结构存在误解。 Olivia Birmingham McDonough：耳朵确实有骨头，但这些骨头位于中耳，被称为听小骨，它们是最小的骨头，负责将声音传递到内耳。外耳是我们通常看到的耳朵部分，它是由软骨和皮肤组成的，所以可以弯曲，没有骨头。内耳是一个非常小的结构，负责检测声音，并能感知非常广泛的声音范围。内耳非常小，大约一枚硬币大小，随着年龄增长，听力会下降，所以要保护好听力。

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Are your ears burning? ‘Cause we’ve been thinking about them. Sure, they’re an incredible self-cleaning marvel that we can wax poetic about all day. Sure, they’re a great place for dads to store all kinds of hairs. But do ears have bones?  We asked Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh from the University of Washington to help us find the answer.

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