Beluga Whale Ears 0004
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Delphinapterus leucas
3D Volume Rendering Technique (VRT) reconstruction from CT scans of the ear of a Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) demonstrating the position of the cochlea (spiral) housed within the periotic bone relative to the u-shaped tympanic bone which sits ventral to the periotic. Specimen courtesy of Dr. Sam Ridgway, Department of Pathology (UCSD).
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