Blue Whale Ear 0001

3D Volume Rendering Technique (VRT) reconstruction from CT scans (CT images) of the ear of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) demonstrating the position of the inner ear (cochlear spiral, acousto-vestibular nerve canal, facial nerve canal), and middle ear (ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes)) structures relative to the surrounding transparent bony tissue of the periotic bone which houses the cochlea. (3D animation)