The semicircular canals are three tiny tubes located in the inner ear. Their primary job is to regulate balance and sense head position. The three semicircular canals—the anterior, lateral, and ...

The semicircular canals are a series of coiled tubes filled with a liquid that help an animal track the movements and spatial location of its head, which is crucial for navigation, balance, and ...

SCDS happens due to a thinning or absence of bone above the top-most (superior) semicircular canal. This leads to an incomplete closure of this area. Typically, the inner ear is a closed system.

"The semicircular canals, located in the skull between our brain and the external ear, are critical for our sense of balance and position when we move, and they provide a fundamental component of ...

Triple semicircular canal plugging (TSCP) effectively controls vertigo in Meniere disease, achieving a 99% success rate. However, it carries a 22% risk of hearing loss.

Canal dehiscence syndrome (also called superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome, or SSCD) is a disorder that affects your balance and hearing. "Dehiscence" is another word for hole or a ...

Semicircular Canals in Baboon Skull (IMAGE) Penn State. Caption. A computer reconstruction of an adult female baboon skull from high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (CT) slices. The skull ...

More information: Alessandro Urciuoli et al, Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the Neanderthal clade, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025 ...