endolymph
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Their results confirmed David’s suspicions: The warm-blooded animals had less viscous endolymph and smaller and thinner canal shapes.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
Cold-blooded animals had thicker endolymph and larger, thicker canals.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
David suspected that endolymph viscosity and semicircular canal size were related, and that both could reflect endothermy.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
In the wake of the destruction, potassium ions build up in the inner ear fluid called endolymph, pulling in more liquid by osmosis.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 1, 2018
The endolymph and the tiny grains of ear-sand now perform their part in this marvelous and complex mechanism.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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