New research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of ...

A recent study on the anatomy of the inner ear of Neanderthals and their ancestors has cast doubt on the widely accepted ...

There are five sensory epithelia in the balance portion of the inner ear (one for each of the three semicircular canals and two in a chamber where the three canals come together). The nerve fibers ...

They then move to the fluid-filled, motion-sensing semicircular canals. If enough otoconia accumulate in any of the canals, it can disrupt the fluid movement the canals use to detect head motion.

The vestibular system is composed of the semicircular canals, which report angular acceleration, and the otolith organs, which respond to linear acceleration (Fig. 1). These two sets of sensors ...

It consists of three semicircular canals, each containing crystals. The position of these crystals helps your brain work out the position of your head. You can think of them as being like a system ...