Overview Introduction The ear can be divided into the outer ear involved in directing sound into the auditory canal middle ear an air-filled space that contains login to view 15 more bullets inner ear a fluid-filled space that consists of a login to view 17 more bullets organ of Corti login to view 8 more bullets Auditory pathway external ear → tympanic membrane → middle ear ossicles → oval window → labyrinth scala media (cochlear duct) also receives vibrations, which result in login to view 3 more bullets from the cochlear nerve, electrical impulses subsequently arrive at the dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei and then login to view 1 more bullet