The labyrinth is the inner ear consisting of the vestibule, cochlear and semicircular canals. The cochlea is concerned with hearing and the vestibule and semicircular canals with equilibrium (sense of balance). The bony portion of the labyrinth (osseous labyrinth) is composed of a series of canals tunneled out of the temporal bone.
Inside the osseous labyrinth is the...
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