👉 The term "auricles" is a medical term that refers to the inner ear, which contains two small openings in the skull called the cochlea and the meatus. These structures are responsible for conducting sound waves from the outer world into the inner ear, where they can be processed by the brain for further processing or sent back out through the ear canal. The auricles are located within the meatus of the cochlea, which is a cylindrical structure that surrounds the auditory nerve and the middle ear
