An outline of the evolution of the vertebrate auditory organ

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  • 聴覚器がたどってきた道

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The evolution of the vertebrate auditory organ was reviewed. In addition to equilibrium and gravitational tasks, sensory epithelia of otolith organ have responded to oscillations of water. The otolith organ such as saccule and lagena evolved into the auditory organ in fish. For terrestrial animals, hearing airborne sounds required the creation of specialized anatomical structures. The middle ear, the periotic canal and the basilar papilla have evolved in the auditory organ of terrestrial animals. In whales, air-adapted auditory organ had to be reorganized to hear water-borne sounds. The pinnae and external auditory canals were lost, and the middle and inner ear capsules fused to form tympano-periotic complex. Sound is conveyed to the middle ear by specialized fatty tissues in the jaw region.

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  • Otology Japan

    Otology Japan 23 (1), 51-54, 2013

    Japan Otological Society

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  • CRID
    1390282679748680960
  • NII Article ID
    10031156215
  • NII Book ID
    AN10358085
  • DOI
    10.11289/otoljpn.23.51
  • ISSN
    18841457
    09172025
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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