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    Endolymph is the fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear. The major cation in endolymph is potassium, with the values of sodium and...
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    system, equilibrioception is determined by the level of a fluid called endolymph in the labyrinth, a complex set of tubing in the inner ear. When the sense...
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    permeable to perilymph. Here the border between endolymph and perilymph occurs at the reticular lamina, the endolymph side of the organ of Corti. The basilar...
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  • the endolymph fluid, which fills the hearing and balance structures of the inner ear. Endolymph fluid, which is partly regulated by the endolymph sac...
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    acceleration and are part of the membranous labyrinth—therefore filled with endolymph. The semicircular canals are a component of the bony labyrinth that are...
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    fluid simulations, the endolymph has roughly the same density and viscosity as water. The cupula has the same density as endolymph, and it is a jelly mostly...
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    electric potential of endolymph is ~80-90 mV more positive than perilymph due to a higher concentration of potassium cations (K+) in endolymph and higher sodium...
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    semicircular duct rotation. Due to inertia, however, the endolymph continues on. As the endolymph continues to move, the cupula is once again deflected resulting...
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    ligament (the outer wall of the cochlear duct or scala media). It produces endolymph for the scala media in the cochlea. The stria vascularis is part of the...
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    between the body and the injected water creates a convective current in the endolymph of the nearby lateral semicircular canal. Hot and cold water produce currents...
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    terminates at the round window the cochlear duct or scala media (containing endolymph) a region of high potassium ion concentration that the stereocilia of...
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    filled spaces. The two outer are filled with perilymph and the inner with endolymph. In the middle ear, the energy of pressure waves is translated into mechanical...
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  • posterior, and lateral canals. Each canal is filled with a fluid called endolymph and each canal arises from a small bag-like structure called a utricle...
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    with endolymph, which is important for the function of the spiral organ of Corti. It allows nutrients to travel from the perilymph to the endolymph of the...
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    The cochlear duct (a.k.a. the scala media) is an endolymph filled cavity inside the cochlea, located between the tympanic duct and the vestibular duct...
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    canals are filled with endolymph due to its connection with the cochlear duct via the saccule, which also contains endolymph. It also contains an inner...
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  • in the vestibular organ are structures involved in the production of endolymph, an inner ear fluid, secreting potassium towards the endolymphatic fluid...
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    the endolymph are equal in density (both are ). After ingesting ethanol, the ethanol diffuses into the cupula before it diffuses into the endolymph, because...
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    within the affected semicircular canal causes abnormal (pathological) endolymph fluid displacement and a resultant sensation of vertigo. This more common...
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    transmitted into the inner ear into a fluid called endolymph, which fills the membranous labyrinth. The endolymph is situated in two vestibules, the utricle and...
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    the walls of the cavity. The membranous labyrinth contains fluid called endolymph. The walls of the membranous labyrinth are lined with distributions of...
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    a barrier to the inner ear for sound energy. Inner ear fluid, called endolymph, receives the sound energy. After receiving the energy. The inner ear...
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    illustration of otolith organs showing detail of utricle, otoconia, endolymph, cupula, macula of saccule, hair cell filaments, and saccular nerve Details...
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    inner ear. The endolymph is the fluid that surrounds the apical surfaces of hair cells. Potassium is the major cation in the endolymph and is thought...
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  • the endocochlear potential changes either positive or negative in the endolymph, depending on the stimulus. The change in the potential is called the...
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    to the lack of melanocytes which provide high potassium levels in the endolymph surrounding the cochlea's hair cells. There is no surgery or treatment...
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    utricle illustration of otolith organs showing detail of utricle, otoconia, endolymph, cupula, macula, hair cell filaments, and saccular nerve Details Identifiers...
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  • when waves from the middle ear propagate through the cochlear fluid – endolymph. The basilar membrane is tonotopic, so that each frequency has a characteristic...
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  • perilymph, and the smaller cochlear duct between them is filled with endolymph, a fluid with a very different ion concentration and voltage. Vestibular...
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  • build-up is either due to an overproduction or insufficient drainage of endolymph in the constant regulation of fluid in the inner ear. Usually, only one...
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