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What is a concha?

What is a concha? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any shell-shaped structure.
  2. (anatomy) The deepest indentation of the cartilage of the human ear, attaching to the mastoid bone.
  3. (architecture) An apse, or the plain semidome of an apse.
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If the concha clip is visibly sticking out from your ear, it has not been positioned correctly.
He took all of his unmarried children with him, and concha thought it her duty to go.
The centerpiece of the display is an exquisite turquoise and silver concha belt.
The skin of the cartilaginous canal is affected initially, with more severe disease affecting the concha, bony canal and tympanic membrane.
They are inserted into the lower part of the cranial surface of the concha.
The deepest depression, which leads directly to the external auditory canal, or acoustic meatus, is called the concha.

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