Biology:Periotic bone
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Short description: Bone found in mammals
The periotic bone is the single bone that surrounds the inner ear of birds[1] and mammals. It is formed from the fusion of the prootic, epiotic, and opisthotic bones, and in Cetacea forms a complex with the tympanic bone.[2]
References
- ↑ Coues, Elliott (1883). "A Hearing of Birds' Ears.-- III". Science 2 (39): 586–589. ISSN 0036-8075. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1758734.
- ↑ Tsur, Itamar; Shaviv, Nir; Bronstein, Israel; Elmakis, David; Knafo, Oshri; Werner, Yehudah L. (December 2019). "Topography of vibration frequency responses on the bony tympano-periotic complex of the pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus" (in en). Hearing Research 384. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2019.107810. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378595518306166.
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