Giovanni Vitali: Discoverer of the paratympanic organ

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-10

  Giannessi, Francesco ^a   Ruffoli, Riccardo ^a   von Bartheld, Christopher S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barometric sense; Epibranchial placode; Giovanni Vitali; Middle ear; Paratympanic organ; Sense organ; Vitali's organ

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BIRD; EAR DEVELOPMENT; EARDRUM; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; PARATYMPANIC ORGAN; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE SENSE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

AIR PRESSURE; ANATOMY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; EAR, MIDDLE; FISHES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ITALY; SENSE ORGANS;

AVES; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873078696     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2012.06.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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