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Key facts
- Artery
- Labyrinthine artery
- Latin
- auris interna
- Mesh
- D007758
- Ta98
- A15.3.03.001
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
70,989 papers- Classification and Current Management of Inner Ear Malformations.Balkan medical journal · 2017
- Inner Ear Proteins as Potential Biomarkers.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2020
- Inner Ear Disorders in SCUBA Divers: A Review.The journal of international advanced otology · 2021
- Inner ear organoids: progress and outlook, with a focus on the vascularization.The FEBS journal · 2022
- Mammalian Inner Ear-Resident Immune Cells-A Scoping Review.Cells · 2024
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- ear
- Has part
- labyrinth
- Image
- Blausen 0329 EarAnatomy InternalEar.png
- Said to be same as
- labyrinth
- Connects with
- middle ear
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- Commons category
- Inner ear
- arterial supply
- labyrinthine artery
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C12499
- ground level 360 degree view URL
- www.openanatomy.org/atlases/nac/inner-ear-2018-02/viewer/#!/state/e1f3c544-a298-4ef2-adb2-440fe413e46b
- studied by
- otology
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Encyclopedic overview
Inner ear
The inner ear (internal ear, auris interna) 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:
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