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Name the following:

The part which equalises the air pressure in the middle and external ear.

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Eustachian tube

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Chapter 11: Sense Organ - Very short answer type [Page 149]

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Selina Concise Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 11 Sense Organ
Very short answer type | Q 1.2 | Page 149

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