bony labyrinth
Americannoun
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By studying the rate of evolutionary change in the bony labyrinth, the international team proposed that climate change may have been an important environmental catalyst in promoting the locomotor diversification of apes and humans.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The inner ear is often described as a bony labyrinth, as it is composed of a series of canals embedded within the temporal bone.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Within the petrous region of the temporal bone is the bony labyrinth of the inner ear.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The internal ear, or bony labyrinth, consists of three distinct parts, or variously shaped chambers, hollowed out in the temporal bone,--the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea, or snail's shell.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
The bony labyrinth presents a series of cavities which are channelled through the substance of the petrous bone.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
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