Abstract
The 3-dimensional shape of the human saccular macula and its orientation in the skull were quantitated in this study. The semicircular canals and saccular maculae were reconstructed 3-dimensionally on a computer from 3 human temporal bones. The 380 to 522 triangles in the entire area of the saccular macula were made by drawing lines between 2 adjacent points every 100-μm width of the saccular macula in each section. The angles between each triangle and each estimated standard axis in the skull obtained were calculated. This information will provide standard data regarding the 3-dimensional morphological aspects of the saccular macula for further investigations of the function of the sacculus. It was determined that the 3-dimensional shape of the saccular macula was not a plane, but was a curved surface like that of an ellipsoid. It is thought that this shape is necessary in order for the saccular macula to detect wide-range linear acceleration.
Subject
General Medicine,Otorhinolaryngology
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