There is an interactive exhibit on the senses at a science fair. For the sense of hearing, there is a gigantic ear through which viewers can walk. What is the order in which patrons will encounter the structures listed below, as they move through the ear?

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The correct order in which sound travels through the ear is: pinna (the outer ear), tympanic membrane (eardrum), middle ear (contains the ossicles), cochlea (inner ear), and finally the auditory nerve, which carries sound information to the brain.  This is the correct order of the parts of the ear that would be experienced from sound stimulus to sound reception.

There Is an Interactive Exhibit on the Senses at a Science