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auditory system

auditory system

the biological structures and processes responsible for hearing. The peripheral auditory system, or auditory periphery, includes the external, middle, and inner ears and the auditory nerve. Auditory structures of the brain, including the auditory cortex, constitute the central auditory system.

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