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semicircular canal

Function: - detect rotational movement of the head Pathology: - decline in semicircular canal & otolith function with aging [2] - prevalence of age-related semicircular canal dysfunction > saccular dysfunction > utricle dysfunction [2]

Specific

osseous ampulla (bony ampulla of semicircular canals) prominence of lateral semicircular canal

General

ear structure

References

  1. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9) Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2016
  2. Agrawal Y, Zuniga MG, Davalos-Bichara M et al Decline in semicircular canal and otolith function with age. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Jul;33(5):832-9. PMID: 22699991 Free PMC Article

Component-of

labyrinth (inner ear)

Components

crista ampullaris (ampullary crest) semicircular duct vestibular hair cell

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