Tags: Anatomical Structure.
The tragus is a small pointed eminence of the external ear situated in front of the concha and projecting backward over the meatus. It also is the name of hair growing at the entrance of the ear. Its name comes from the Greek: tragos goat and is descriptive of its general covering on its under surface with a tuft of hair resembling a goat’s beard. The nearby antitragus projects forwards and upwards.Because the tragus faces rearwards it aids in collecting sounds from behind.
