Histophysiological observations on the external auditory meatus, middle, and inner ear of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Welsch, Ulrich ^a,b   Riedelsheimer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Anatomische Anstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; COCHLEA; CYTOLOGY; DIVING; EAR; EARDRUM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; DIVING; EAR; EAR CANAL; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALIA; CLAUDIUS; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031260360     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199710)234:1<25::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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