PLANAR RELATIONSHIPS OF SEMICIRCULAR CANALS IN CAT
PLANAR RELATIONSHIPS OF SEMICIRCULAR CANALS IN CAT
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplegacy.1972.223.1.55
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发表时间:
1972-01-01
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MARKHAM, CH
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作者:
BLANKS, RHI;CURTHOYS, IS;MARKHAM, CH
ROBERT HI, IAN S. CURTHOYS, AND CHARLES H. Planar relationships of semicircular canals in the cat. Am. 223 (1): 55-62. 1972. Least-square and princi-. ent analyses were applied to a series of points obthe osseous labyrinth of the cat, resulting in a mathematical description of the semicircular canal planes. After this, angles were calculated between the three ipsilateral ca nal planes, between pairs of contralateral canal planes, and those formed by the stereotaxic planes and the canal planes. Results indicated that ipsilateral canal planes were orthogonal and that pairs of contra-lateral synergistically acting canals were approximately coplanar. Horizontal canal planes formed angles of 22.92’with the horizontal plane. The optimal position of and caloric stimulation are also given. canal planes for natural semicircular canal orientation; angles; caloric stimulation; natural stimulation; canal axes; stereotaxic reference.MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT of the forces acting on the cupula-endolymph system induced by body rotations have been investigated by several authors (9, 10, 20, 24, 25, 26). Evaluation of receptor responses based upon such calculations would be benefitted by knowledge of the precise orientation of the canal planes within the skull, reliably referenced to external skull landmarks. Further, such knowledge would improve understanding of labyrinthine control of eye and head movements (2, 3, 2 1, 22). A complete description of the planar relationships among the semicircular canals and between the canals and the stereotaxic planes in the cat has not appeared in the literature. Measurements of this type are difficult because of the small size of the canals. Some of this information was contained in a paper by Fernandez and Valentinuzzi(7). Their solutio n to the difficul. ty in measuring sm. a11 plana r structures was to project points obtained from the vertical C anals into the horizontal stereotaxic plane. Angular relationships were then calculated from the lines generated. However, it can be shown that error will result from such a technique unless the canal plane is perpendicular to the plane into which it is projected; and, as will be shown in this paper, the vertical semicircular canals are not perpendicular to the horizontal stereotaxic plane.