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Auricle of external ear

Known as: Auricles, Ear, auricles, ears pinna 
The shell-like structure projects like a little wing (pinna) from the side of the head. Ear auricles collect sound from the environment.
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Antihelix structureAntitragus structureAuricular cartilage structureConcha of ear structure
Auricular tubercleBlood supply aspectsCrus of helixExternal Ear

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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid and Bone-Anchored Epithesis for Congenital Ear Malformations
Surgery for correction of aural atresia was performed on 156 ears in 111 patients. A comparison was made between plastic surgery… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus in congenitally athymic mice: the relative roles of cell-mediated and humoral immunity.
Athymic nude (nu/nu) mice were inoculated in the ear pinna with 10(4) p.f.u. herpes simplex virus type 1 (strain SC 16… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The effect of substances releasing intracellular calcium ions on sodium‐dependent calcium efflux from guinea‐pig auricles.
1. 45‐Ca efflux and resting tension were measured in isolated guinea‐pig auricles under conditions known to change the… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Neurophysiologische Untersuchungen zum Echoortungssystem der Großen Hufeisennase Rhinolophus ferrum equinum Schreber, 1774
Summary1.In 19 Nembutal anesthetized Greater Horseshoe-bats evoked potentials of the colliculus inferior were elicited by pure… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
THE EFFECT OF PROSTAGLANDIN E1 ON RESPONSES OF SMOOTH MUSCLE TO CATECHOL AMINES, ANGIOTENSIN AND VASOPRESSIN.
Reduction of the pressor responses to adrenaline in the rabbit following administration of prostaglandin E(1) has been confirmed… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Influence of cycle length upon refractory period of auricles, ventricles, and A-V node in the dog.
The functional refractory periods (FRP) of auricular and ventricular muscle, and of the A-V transmission system were estimated in… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
CHANGES IN MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS OF HEART MUSCLE DURING INHIBITION
Membrane characteristics were studied in isolated muscle strands from auricles of frogs using the "square pulse" technique… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Chronic Heart Block in Dogs. A Method for Producing Experimental Heart Failure
A method is described for the production of chronic atrioventricular block in dogs, by incision of the region of the bundle of… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The membrane resting and action potentials of the cat auricle
Measurements of membrane and action potentials in single fibres of cardiac tissue have been reported by Woodbury, Woodbury… 
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EVENTS IN THE CARDIAC CYCLE OF MAN*
In studying the dynamics of the heart beat, the relationship between electrical and mechanical events in the cardiac cycle has… 
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