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[Anatomic features of the middle ear in the gerbil. Scanning electronic microscopic study]
C Escobar1, F García-Ortega, A Zuasti
1Servicio de ORL, Hospital Universitario J. M. Morales Meseguer, Murcia.
Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
The surgical anatomy of the middle ear was studied in 20 adult gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) by microdissection and scanning electron microscopy. The most significant finding was a well pneumatized tympanic bulla, which facilitated the identification of useful anatomical landmarks for middle and inner ear dissection. The typical features of middle ear structures in the gerbil are described.