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  • Title: [Position and bony structures of the vestibular apparatus in the guinea pig].
    Author: Samandari F.
    Journal: Gegenbaurs Morphol Jahrb; 1976; 122(6):941-52. PubMed ID: 1088136.
    Abstract:
    The study of the inner ear of the guinea pig intended to give an explanation to what extent there are differences discernible in relation to the human labyrinth. Additional histological research should clarify the question, if structural differences exist in the osseous labyrinth capsule of the same animal. It has turned out that in normal headbearing the position of the semicircular canals deviates from the human vestibular apparatus. The semicircular canals are nearly vertical to each other, but in comparison to the human labyrinth they are shifted around the longitudinal axis of the utriculus caudal by ca. 30 degrees. In general the position of the vestibulo-cochlear organ is fixed to a great extent by the inclined course of the petrosal pyramid. This different position of the semicircular canals in man and animal is supposed to be due to the phylogenetic evolution and the adjustment to upright walk. Size and extension of the single semicircular canals are very different within the same animal. These differences in size indicate causalities of form and function. The relations in the build of the osseous labyrinth are extremely complicated. Compared to the other corporal regions the static parts of the petrosal pyramid are exceptional massive and of remarkable hard consistency. In the inner capsule of the ear there are three different bone strata to be seen. The characteristic lamel structure is most solid nearest to the semicircular canals. The fetal characteristics in the maturing process of the petrosal bone were traced a long while in the postnatal life. The typical building of the labyrinthal bone structures contributes to the mechanical stability of the capsule.
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