Ears can vary, so what's considered normal anatomy of the inner or outer ear in one person ... This stimulates tiny hairs on the organ of Corti, a small structure in the cochlea. This stimulation is ...

Median nerve anatomy helps inform us about its function. Movements are caused by the median nerve. Nerves send electrical pulses that stimulate muscles to contract or flex, causing movement.

Most cochlear nerves carry information from the cochlea to the brain, but about 5% send signals in the opposite direction: from the brain to the cochlea. The exact role of those fibers has been a ...

This article reviews the relationship between the spinal dorsal ramus system and low back pain, including the anatomy, clinical findings, pathogenesis and treatment of low back pain mediated by spinal ...

Methods: We developed and tested a high-resolution optical system to navigate the intricate anatomy of the cochlea during electrode ... Critical to the success of CI surgeries is also the cochlear ...

The presence of large and morphologically adult inner ears in juvenile material suggests precociality. Our findings add to the diversity of neurovascular anatomy in sauropod braincases and buttress ...

Macrophages are present around the neural tissue of the cochlea, which is composed of SGN and their peripheral nerve fibers inside both the OSL and the modiolus. Macrophages distributed in the OSL ...

The auditory efferent system is critical for top-down modulation of sensory flow. Sound information is collected by cochlear hair cells in the inner ear and transmitted to the brain via auditory nerve ...