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Equilibrium and Balance

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The inner ear assumes dual functionalities of auditory perception and equilibrium maintenance. The vestibule is the organ responsible for balance. This organ contains mechanoreceptors, specifically hair cells, endowed with stereocilia, which aid in deciphering information regarding the position and motion of our heads. Two intrinsic components, the utricle and saccule, help perceive head position, while the semicircular canals track head movement. Neurological messages initiated in the...

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Soumya Sharma¹, Anu Gupta¹, Aviraj Deshmukh¹

¹Department of Neurology, GIPMER, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, India.

Postgraduate Medical Journal

|December 15, 2016

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