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acellular bone tissue 
adenohypophysis +  
adipose eyelid 
amphid sensory organ 
antenna +  
anterior ectosylvian visual area (sensu Mustela putorius furo) 
arthropod sensillum +  
ascidian anterior sensory vesicle +  
ascidian ocellus 
auditory system +  
basilar papilla 
beak +  
bone condensation 
calcareous tooth +  
camera-type eye +  
cellular bone tissue 
cephalic clasper 
chemosensory organ +  
chordotonal organ 
chorioretinal region +  
ciliary muscle 
collection of hairs on vertex 
coronal organ 
corpuscle of de Quatrefage 
cranial appendage +  
cranial ganglion +  
cranial neural crest +  
cranial placode +  
cranial salt gland +  
crista ampullaris +  
cupular organ 
dermis +  
diencephalon +  
ear +  
Sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals.
Eimer's organ 
elasmoid scale +  
electroreceptor organ +  
elephant trunk 
embryonic facial prominence +  
embryonic head +  
epicranium 
eye +  
eyeball of camera-type eye +  
facial nerve +  
feathered ear tuft 
future piston +  
future pituitary gland +  
glial limiting membrane 
golgi tendon organ 
hair follicle matrix region 
hair of head +  
hairline 
head bone +  
head connective tissue +  
head electric organ 
head external integument structure +  
head mesenchyme +  
head sensillum +  
heart +  
incisor region of dentition 
inner cambium layer of periosteum 
inner limiting layer of retina 
insect external sensory organ +  
insect head capsule 
insect head segment +  
insect internal sense organ +  
insect larval head +  
insect larval sense organ +  
interorbital septum 
jaw region +  
joint of auditory ossicle +  
junk chamber 
lower jaw region +  
lunge feeding organ +  
lymph node of head +  
medial geniculate body +  
melon organ +  
midbrain +  
mole 
mormyromast organ 
mucosa of sphenoidal sinus 
naris +  
nasal air sac 
nasal tentacle 
nerve of head region +  
neural crest +  
neural crest-derived structure +  
neural tube derived brain 
nuchal hump 
occipitofrontalis muscle +  
odontode scale 
olfactory organ +  
panarthropod head +  
parasympathetic nervous system +  
parenchyma of thyroid gland 
periocular mesenchyme 
pharyngeal arch +  
pharyngeal arch artery +  
piston cartilage 
pituitary gland +  
posterior surface of head +  
priapium +  
Rathke's pouch +  
retroauricular region 
roof of mouth +  
sallet sensory system 
scalp +  
sensory organ epithelium +  
skeletal musculature of head +  
skin of head +  
skull +  
spermaceti 
spermaceti organ 
spinal cord +  
spine appendage of head +  
spiral organ of cochlea +  
statocyst +  
stratum basale of epidermis +  
stria vascularis of cochlear duct +  
subdivision of head +  
thyroid gland +  
tongue +  
transverse canal 
trunk neural crest +  
tunica fibrosa of eyeball +  
ultimobranchial body +  
upper jaw region +  
uvea +  
vagus nerve +  
vasculature of head +  
venom gland musculature +  
vestibular system +  
vestibulocochlear ganglion +  
vestibulocochlear nerve +  
vomerine dentition +  
vomeronasal organ +  

Synonyms
Related Synonyms: auditory apparatus ;   auris
Xrefs: AAO:0011014 ;   BTO:0000368 ;   CALOHA:TS-1165 ;   EFO:0000826 ;   EHDAA2:0000423 ;   EHDAA:502 ;   EMAPA:16193 ;   EV:0100353 ;   FMA:52780 ;   GAID:62
relational_adjective: auricular
Definition Sources: GO:0042471, Wikipedia:Ear

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