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The function of the auditory system is to transform the waves by which we receive sound
into electrical impulses that our brain receives.

The ear is divided into three parts:

Outer ear: this is the part of the ear that we can see, where we can find the auditory pallon,
which is responsible for collecting the sound waves that lead from the ear canal to the
tympanum. This membrane vibrates when it receives the sound waves and transmits the
information to the middle ear.

Middle ear: in this part, the vibrations of the tympanum are received by the ossicles, in which
we can find the hammer, anvil and pinna. These small bones amplify the vibrations. The
stapes are responsible for balancing and sending the sound to the inner ear.

Inner ear: the cochlea, which is shaped like a shell, consists of a kind of bony labyrinth with
several membranous sections filled with a liquid, which, when moved, generate oscillation in
the hair cells of the cochlea and send information to the brain via the auditory nerve.