HOW DO TOOTHED WHALES (ODONTOCETI) PROTECT THEIR INNER EAR AGAINST PRESSURE WA YES? by

Mammals possess an external ear with an external auditory passage (meatus acusticus externus), which ends at the ear-drum (membrana tympani). Behind the ear-drum the middle ear is situated. The middle ear contains the auditory ossicles which transmit sounds from the ear-drum to the ear-bones. The ea...

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Main Author: Gunther Behrmann
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
toothed whales
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1032.1959
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Summary:Mammals possess an external ear with an external auditory passage (meatus acusticus externus), which ends at the ear-drum (membrana tympani). Behind the ear-drum the middle ear is situated. The middle ear contains the auditory ossicles which transmit sounds from the ear-drum to the ear-bones. The ear-bones (bulla tym-

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