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Semicircular canals Semicircular canals
semicircular canals The sense organ in vertebrates that is concerned with the maintenance of physical equilibrium (sense of balance). It occurs in the inner ear and consists of three looped canals set at right angles to each other and attached to the utriculus. The canals contain a fluid (endolymph)... Read more
Labyrinthitis Labyrinthitis
Labyrinthitis Definition Labyrinthitis is an inflammation of the inner ear that is often a complication of infection of the middle ear ( otitis media). It is usually caused by the spread of bacterial or viral infections from the head or respiratory tract into the inner ... Read more
vertigo vertigo
vertigo , sensations of moving in space or of objects moving about a person and the resultant difficulty in maintaining equilibrium. True vertigo, as distinguished from faintness, lightheadedness, and other forms of dizziness, occurs as a result of a disturbance of some part of the body's balancing... Read more
motion sickness motion sickness
motion sickness waves of nausea and vomiting experienced by some people, resulting from the sudden changes in movement of a vehicle. The ailment is also known as seasickness, car sickness, train sickness, airsickness, and swing sickness. The principal cause of the disturbance is the effect of... Read more
Labyrinth (Ear) Labyrinth (Ear)
inner ear The structure in vertebrates, surrounded by the temporal bone of the skull, that contains the organs of balance and hearing. It consists of soft hollow sensory structures (the membranous labyrinth), containing fluid (endolymph), surrounded by fluid (perilymph), and encased in a bony cavity... Read more
ampulla ampulla
ampulla 1. An enlargement at one end of each of the semicircular canals of the inner ear. Each ampulla contains a group of receptors – sensory hair cells – embedded in a gelatinous cap (cupula), which detects movement in one particular dimension, corresponding to the plane of the... Read more

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Magazine article from: Journal of Medical Case Reports ...semi-circular canals to be dehiscent...from the dehiscent semicircular canal and the dehiscent...semi-circular canal (Figure 2...symptomatic dehiscent semicircular canals. This is a safe...semi-circular canal.Arch Otolaryngol...overlying the superior semicircular ...
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Complete round window niche occlusion for superior semicircular canal...
Magazine article from: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Abstract Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) syndrome is...follow. Introduction Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SCD) syndrome...the area overlying the superior semicircular canal. Affected patients often...
Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Human Semicircular Canals and...
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology ...morphology, semicircular canal, three-dimensional...INTRODUCTION The semicircular canals are sensory organs...each membranous semicircular canal plane in the head...reconstructed the 3 semicircular canals by computer-aided...
Transection and occlusion of lateral semicircular canal in guinea pigs
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology ...lateral semicircular canal, transection and...Occlusion of the semicircular canals has been performed...especially the semicircular canals, once considered...which the lateral semicircular canal had been transected...
On the role of otoliths and semicircular canals in spatial orientation:...
Magazine article from: Perception and Psychophysics ...discussed, taking into consideration otolith-semicircular-canal interaction, as well as memory functions...approximately the same plane as the lateral (horizontal) semicircular canal (Lindeman, 1969), tilted rostrally upward 30...
Calcium and voltage sensitivity of potassium current activation in toadfish...
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin Sensory hair cells of the horizontal semicircular canal (HSCC) of the toadfish (Opsanus tau) exhibit two main...60 mV, close to the resting (zero current) potential of canal hair cells (A. Steinacker, unpub. data). The command...
Early histopathologic changes after lateral semicircular transection and...
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology ...Occlusion of the semicircular canals has been used in...changes of the lateral semicircular canal following transection...of semicircular canal, temporal bone...evidence that the semicircular canals can be manipulated...
Efficacy of the Epley maneuver for posterior canal BPPV: a long-term,...
Magazine article from: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal ...semicircular canals of the labyrinth. Posterior semicircular canal BPPV is the most...semicircular canal to the utricle...dynamics of the semicircular canals. There is some...of posterior semicircular canal BPPV. Patients...
Are Postural Restrictions Necessary For Management of Posterior Canal Benign...
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology ...posterior canal vertigo, postural...one or more semicircular canals are inappropriately...debris in the canal. However...one or more semicircular canals. These particles...The PSC is the semicircular canal most frequently...

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