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Spiral Form of the Human Cochlea Results from Spatial Constraints
The human inner ear has an intricate spiral shape often compared to shells of mollusks, particularly to the nautilus shell. It has inspired many functional hearing theories. The reasons for this complex geometry remain unresolved. We digitized 138 human cochleae at microscopic resolution and observe...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5548794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28790422 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07795-4 |