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Innermost part of the vertebrate ear
The inner ear is the innermost part of the vertebrate ear. In vertebrates, the inner ear is mainly responsible for sound detection and balance. In mammals, it consists of the bony labyrinth, a hollow cavity in the temporal bone of the skull with a system of passages comprising two main functional parts:The cochlea, dedicated to hearing; converting sound pressure patterns from the outer ear into electrochemical impulses which are passed on to the brain via the auditory nerve. The vestibular system, dedicated to balance. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Inner earA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of the zebrafish inner ear reveals molecularly distinct hair cell and supporting cell subtypesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Daughters of dawnThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Math1 : An Essential Gene for the Generation of Inner Ear Hair CellsCited 988 times
- Go sideways: CochleaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Vestibulocochlear nerveA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.
Noun The mind's ear.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Math1 : An Essential Gene for the Generation of Inner Ear Hair Cells
Vascular Development in the Retina and Inner Ear
Nuclear Membrane Dynamics and Reassembly in Living Cells: Targeting of an Inner Nuclear Membrane Protein in Interphase and Mitosis
Immunology of the inner ear: Response of the inner ear to antigen challenge
The avian inner ear
Autoimmune inner ear disease
Inner Ear Barotrauma
Antiphospholipid Inner Ear Syndrome
🆕 Influential since 2022
Single-cell transcriptomic profiling of the zebrafish inner ear reveals molecularly distinct hair cell and supporting cell subtypes
Vibration characteristics of bearing-rotor systems with inner ring dynamic misalignment
Superionic iron alloys and their seismic velocities in Earth’s inner core
A single-cell level comparison of human inner ear organoids with the human cochlea and vestibular organs
Search for Dark Matter Annihilation Signals in the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey
📚 Books worth reading
Daughters of dawnBliss Carman · 1913
Clinical aspects of inner ear deafnessErnst Lehnhardt · 1986- 📕Submicroscopic structure of the inner earSalvatore Iurato · 1967
Development of the inner earMatthew Kelley, Arthur N. Popper · 2005
Die Lehren von den Funktionen der einzelnen Theile des OhrlabyrinthsStanislav Aleksandr Fyodorovich Stein · 1894- 📕Vergleichend-anatomische Untersuchungen über das innere Gehörorgan des Menschen und der SäugethiereJoseph Hyrtl · 1845
Essai sur les maladies de l'oreille interneJean Antoine Saissy · 1827
De aquaeductibus auris humanae internae anatomica dissertatioDomenico Cotugno · 1761
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🔗 Related topics
- Cochlea The cochlea is the part of the inner ear involved in hearing. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in humans making 2.75 turns around its…
- Vestibulocochlear nerve The vestibulocochlear nerve or auditory vestibular nerve, also known as the eighth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VIII, or simply CN VIII, is a cranial nerve…
- Saccule The saccule (Latin: sacculus) is a bed of sensory cells in the inner ear that detects linear acceleration and head tilting in the vertical plane, and converts…
- Evolution of the cochlea Cochlea /ˈkoʊkliə/ is Latin for “snail, shell or screw” and originates from the Greek word κοχλίας kokhlias. The modern definition, the auditory portion…
- Organ of Corti In anatomy and physiology, the organ of Corti or spiral organ is the receptor organ for hearing, located in the cochlea of mammals. Structurally, the organ…
- Cochlear nerve The cochlear nerve (also auditory nerve or acoustic nerve) is one of two parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve, a cranial nerve present in amniotes, the…
- Tympanic duct The tympanic duct or scala tympani is one of the perilymph-filled cavities in the inner ear of humans. It is separated from the cochlear duct by the basilar…
- Basilar membrane The basilar membrane is a stiff structural element, a type of basement membrane within the cochlea of the inner ear which separates two liquid-filled tubes…