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File Name: 69529_sense_hearing
Description: Hearing is the perception of certain vibrations of bodies. These vibrations give rise to sound waves. These sound waves come to animals through the air, through water, or throught both air and water. Here we see the auditory organ of a mollusk showing the (a) auditory nerve, (b) the outer wall of connective tissue, (c) cells with auditory hairs, and (d) otolith.
Source: Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870) 380
Keywords: senses, hearing, sense of hearing, auditory, auditory organ, sound waves

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