Why does hair grow on ears?

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asked Aug 15, 2020 in Hair by Sylvia (410 points)
Why does hair grow on ears?

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answered Aug 20, 2020 by achmyouse (2,360 points)
Hair grows on ears and hair grows on the inside of ears because they are sensory receptors and work as nerves to help your ear channel in and detect the sounds you're hearing.

Without the ear hair on the outside and inside of the ear it makes it harder for you to hear properly.

The earwax helps to keep outside debris out of your ear and works to protect your ear.

The hair cells in the ear are sensory receptors.

The ear hair and ear hair cells help you hear as they help detect the sound waves.

So ear hair is very important for your hearing.

You could hear some without the ear hair in your ears but having the ear hair helps you hear much better.

The ear hair basically works as nerve receptors for hearing.

The cochlea is filled with two fluids (endolymph and perilymph), and inside the cochlea is the sensory receptor, the Organ of Corti, which contains hair cells, or the nerve receptors for hearing.

So while ear hair can seem annoying and not important the ear hair does have an importance to it.

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