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Morphology of the Vestibular Sense Organ

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Vestibular System Part 1: Basic Mechanisms

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1653,volume 6 / 1))

Abstract

The labyrinth in vertebrates is a bilateral system of membranous sacs and channels filled with fluid, the endolymph, and surrounded by fluid, the perilymph. A capsule of cartilage or bone encapsulates and resembles grossly the membranous labyrinth. The labyrinths can schematically be divided into two forms, the static form and the statoacoustic form (De Buhlet, 1934).

Supported by Swedish Medical Research Council grant nr B71-12 X-720-06-09. The technical assistance of Miss Birgitta Björkroth and Miss Lieselotte Jakobson is cordially acknowledged.

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Wersäll, J., Bagger-Sjöbäck, D. (1974). Morphology of the Vestibular Sense Organ. In: Kornhuber, H.H. (eds) Vestibular System Part 1: Basic Mechanisms. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 6 / 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65942-3_4

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