The human ear is a complex organ that serves two primary functions: hearing and maintaining balance. It is composed of three main parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. Outer Ear The outer ear, also known as the auricle or pinna, is the visible part of the ear that...
pinna - (also called the auricle) the visible part of the outer ear. It collects sound and directs it into the outer ear canal semicircular canals - three loops of fluid-filled tubes that are attached to the cochlea in the inner ear. They help us maintain our sense of balance. stirrup...
Anatomy of the Ear... Feb 23, 2009 Friendly Fires: Skeleton Boy Video Feb 3, 2009 Pandor Absinthe Jan 29, 2009 Bio-Cycle Jan 27, 2009 Andrew Bird/Loney Dear Poster Jan 15, 2009 Heartbeat Jan 14, 2009 The Little Robots Jan 5, 2009 Body Board Jan 1, 2009 Music from th...
inner, semilunar cartilage, muscular, paries, cavity, anatomise, costal, soul, groove, intrinsic, cornu, sympathetic, base, general anatomy, aboral, ventricous, osteology, chiasmal, apparatus, topology, cancellate, oral, sulcus, cuneiform, tube-shaped structure, zona, septum, anatomical, astragal...
The endocardium is the membrane composed of epithelial cells that line the heart chambers and valves. It provides a slick surface so that red blood cells, platelets, and other substances in blood will not stick to the heart’s inner surface. It also contains Purkinje fibers (specialized muscle...
Cristina Yang is a researcher, Chief Medical Officer, and Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Klausman Institute for Medical Research, having been trained at Seattle Grace Hospital, Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, and Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. She was engaged to Preston Burke and had ...
* Vestibulocochlear nerve, eighth cranial nerve: transmits sound and equilibrium information from the inner ear to the brain Disorders: Sudden infant death syndrome (Serotonin) S, Wallenberg's syndrome S - back to top - Brain stem Truncus cerebri Hirnstamm Disorders: Anxiety/ Panic Disorders S...
In times of exponential data growth in the life sciences, machine-supported approaches are becoming increasingly important and with them the need for FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and eScience-compliant data and metadata standards. Ontologies, with their queryable knowledge resourc...
Your nervous system is constantly gathering information about the body and the environment through multiple different inputs: visual, mechanical, temperature, proprioceptive (the position of your joints), vestibular (your inner ear). This process is called sensation. Perception, then, is your brain’...
Theposterior prong(hidden in the picture above behind some ligaments which hold the mandible firmly in place) fits snugly into a hollow in the Temporal bone, just in front of the ear. The anterior prongis for the attachment of the Temporalis, the main biting muscle; it covers the side of...