A High Resolution Electron Microscopy Study of the Balance Organs of the Inner Ear

Autor: Stephen Mann, M. D. Ross, Robert J. P. Williams, S. B. Parker, A. J. Skarnulis
Rok vydání: 1983
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Zdroj: Biomineralization and Biological Metal Accumulation ISBN: 9789400979468
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-7944-4_16
Popis: The balance organs, Otoconia and Otoliths, of the inner ear are of interest as the only carbonitic calcified tissue of vertebrates (1). The otoconia are small and may be aragonitic or calcitic; the larger otoliths are aragonitic and grow as the fish ages (2).
Databáze: OpenAIRE