CT scans and 3D reconstructions of Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) heads and ear bones

Hearing Research

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 123-135

  Chapla, Marie E ^a,d   Nowacek, Douglas P ^a   Rommel, Sentiel A ^b,e   Sadler, Valerie M ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Florida Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

^d Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Ear anatomy; Hearing; Manatee; Tissue density

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EAR; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HEAD; INCUS; MALE; MALLEUS; NONHUMAN; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STAPES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DISSECTION; EAR OSSICLES; EAR, EXTERNAL; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HEAD; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCUS; MALE; MALLEUS; MUSCLES; SKULL; STAPES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

EID: 34247529066     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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