Dwarf Sperm Whale Ear 0002
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Kogia simus
3D Volume Rendering Technique (VRT) of an ear reconstructed from CT scans (CT images) of the head of a Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus). Visible in this image is the periotic bone housing the spiral cochlea (inner ear) and u-shaped tympanic bone which sits ventral to the periotic and houses the middle ear cavity and ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes). Specimen courtesy of Craig Harris - North Carolina State University. (3D animation)
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