Just anterior to the opening of the external acoustic meatus, in front of the concha, is an elevation (the tragus). Opposite the tragus, and above the fleshy lobule, is another elevation (the antitragus). A smaller curved rim, parallel and anterior to the helix, is the antihelix.
Numerous intrinsic and extrinsic muscles are associated with the auricle:
The intrinsic muscles pass between the cartilaginous parts of the auricle and may change the shape of the auricle.