Morphological characteristics of the human macula sacculi

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-96

  Tribukait, Arne ^a   Rosenhall, Ulf ^a   Österdahl, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Morphology; Otolith; Saccule; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER EAR; MACULA SACCULE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; SURFACE PROPERTY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ACOUSTIC MACULAE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 19944373429     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083364     Document Type: Article

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