The development of the mammalian outer and middle ear

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 217-232

  Anthwal, Neal ^a   Thompson, Hannah ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Embryonic origin; Eustachian tube cartilage; External auditory meatus; Middle ear; Ossicles; Outer ear; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY TUBE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; EARDRUM; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL EAR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; INNER EAR; INTEGRATION; MAMMAL; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EAR, EXTERNAL; EAR, MIDDLE; HEARING; MAMMALS;

EID: 84956672189     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12344     Document Type: Article

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