Peripheral auditory function in the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
1974
G R Gates, and
J C Saunders, and
G R Bock, and
L M Aitkin, and
M A Elliott
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008297
Male
Males
D008322
Mammals
Warm-blooded vertebrate animals belonging to the class Mammalia, including all that possess hair and suckle their young.
Mammalia,Mammal
D009007
Monotremata
An order of egg-laying mammals that includes the PLATYPUS and TACHYGLOSSIDAE.
Monotrematas
D003051
Cochlea
The part of the inner ear (LABYRINTH) that is concerned with hearing. It forms the anterior part of the labyrinth, as a snail-like structure that is situated almost horizontally anterior to the VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH.
Cochleas
D004432
Ear, Middle
The space and structures directly internal to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE and external to the inner ear (LABYRINTH). Its major components include the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE that connects the cavity of middle ear (tympanic cavity) to the upper part of the throat.
The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.
Evolution, Biological
D000818
Animals
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.
Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001307
Auditory Perception
The process whereby auditory stimuli are selected, organized, and interpreted by the organism.