Weberian apparatus

American  

[vey-beer-ee-uhn] / veɪˈbɪər i ən /

noun

1. (in certain fishes) a chain of small bones and ligaments connecting the inner ear with the air bladder.

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Etymology

Origin of Weberian apparatus

1885–90; named after E. H. Weber; -ian

Example Sentences

Older specimens have been found elsewhere in the world, but none had a well-preserved Weberian apparatus, Liu said.

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Technicians with the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and at McGill University in Montreal captured 3D X-ray scans of the fish, and Liu modeled the ossicles of the Weberian apparatus in her laboratory.

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Two-thirds of freshwater species today rely on a specialized middle ear known as the Weberian apparatus.

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University of California, Berkeley paleontologist Juan Liu examined the Weberian apparatus in a newly described fossil fish and used its anatomy to update the timeline for how freshwater fish evolved.

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Liu studies the Weberian apparatus in living and fossil fish, and last year published a computational simulation of how the apparatus works.

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