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How Does the Ear Help to Maintain Balance and Equilibrium of the Body?
Updated on July 24, 2018
Nithya Venkat
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A Botany graduate, Nithya Venkat writes about topics that interest her.
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The ear is one of the sensory organs that help us to hear. An interesting point to note is that the ear not only helps in hearing but also helps us to maintain the balance and equilibrium of our body. Without the ear, we would not be able to balance our body with respect to the gravitational pull of the earth.
To understand how the ear helps us to balance our body, we need to know about the structure of the ear.
Structure of the Ear
The ear is made up of three different parts -
- outer ear
- middle ear
- inner ear
The inner ear is the part that helps us to balance our body. The inner ear is involved in both the functions of hearing and balancing.