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Inner ear

The inner ear (internal ear, auris interna) is the innermost part of the vertebrate ear. In vertebrates, the inner ear is mainly responsible for sound detection and balance. In mammals, it consists of the bony labyrinth, a hollow cavity in the temporal bone of the skull with a system of passages comprising two main functional parts:

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PeriosteumVestibule of the earSemicircular canalsMembranous labyrinthPerilymph
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Artery
Labyrinthine artery
FMA
60909
Latin
auris interna
MeSH
D007758
TA2
6935
TA98
A15.3.03.001

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Inner ear

Nodes101
Edges100
Triples61
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019802
Components1

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Inner ear

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related to References · 11
Inner ear → Anatomy, Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease, Current Opinion, Head, Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology, Physiology, Ruckenstein, Saladin, Speech-Language-Hearing Association, The Middle Ear
related to Cochlear system · 10
Inner ear → All, As, Corti, From, However, In, It, Running, The, This
related to Disorders · 6
Inner ear → AIED, Another, Interference, It, Labyrinthitis, The
related to Additional images · 5
Inner ear → Brown, Ear, Human, Purple, Red
related to Blood supply · 5
Inner ear → Anterior, Petrosal, Stylomastoid, The, Venous
related to Microanatomy · 5
Inner ear → Boettcher's, Claudius, Deiters, Rosenthal's, Specialized
related to Vestibular and cochlear systems · 5
Inner ear → In, Joint, Pressure, The, When
related to Equilibrium · 4
Inner ear → Movement, The, These, Three
related to Development · 3
Inner ear → As, The, They
Artery · 1
Inner ear → Labyrinthine artery

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ear inner cells cochlea hair duct membrane labyrinth auditory system corti outer cochlear saccule bony vestibular organ basilar also utricle

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Inner earArteryLabyrinthine artery1.00infobox
Inner earFMA609091.00infobox
Inner earLatinauris interna1.00infobox
Inner earMeSHD0077581.00infobox
Inner earTA269351.00infobox
Inner earTA98A15.3.03.0011.00infobox
Inner earrelated to Additional imagesHuman0.60section
Inner earrelated to Additional imagesBrown0.60section
Inner earrelated to Additional imagesRed0.60section
Inner earrelated to Additional imagesPurple0.60section
Inner earrelated to Additional imagesEar0.60section
Inner earrelated to Blood supplyThe0.60section

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