Beluga Whale Ear 0001
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Delphinapterus leucas
3D Shaded Surface Display (SSD) reconstruction from CT scans of the ear of a Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas). Visible in this image are the u-shaped tympanic bone and periotic bone which sits dorsal to the tympanic and houses the inner ear (cochlea). Specimen courtesy of Dr. Sam Ridgway, Department of Pathology (UCSD).
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