“Little Foot’s” skull and a 3-D rendering of the endocast ... The inner ear contains the organs of balance – the vestibular system with its semicircular canals – and hearing, through ...

This is called your vestibular system. Dizziness and trouble with your ... bony canals that go from your inner ear to the inside of your skull are called vestibular aqueducts.

The vestibular system comprises the inner ear and the part ... The TMJ is a sliding hinge joint connecting the jawbone to the skull. Inner ear infections are usually viral and less commonly ...

For example, the vestibular system provides people with a sense of ... the dMRI scans also revealed movement of free water within the skull. “The brain sits higher in the skull following ...

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Even though stress doesn’t directly cause vertigo, it can contribute to dysfunction of the part of your inner ear that controls balance, called your vestibular system. Let’s examine how stress ...

I study the "silent sense" that most people never think about until it fails: the vestibular system in your inner ear. This remarkable system works constantly, detecting your head position and ...

Meanwhile, through its role in discerning head movement and spatial alignment, the vestibular system helps many animals, including humans, maintain balance. Previous findings posit that vestibular ...

We have a multidisciplinary team which involves a neurotologist and a neurosurgeon to remove lateral skull base tumors, such as acoustic tumors (vestibular schwannoma). We also have a team to remove ...

The vestibular system keeps you situated in space by relying on the subtle movements of fluid and tiny bones in your ears. Put an electrode behind each ear, hook up a 9 volt battery, and you can ...