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 ...

Inside your inner ear are three small structures called semicircular canals. They help you sense motion and keep your balance. BPPV happens when a tiny crystal of calcium breaks free from the wall ...

What Is Canal Dehiscence Syndrome? Canal dehiscence syndrome (also called superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome, or SSCD) is a disorder that affects your balance and hearing.

They then move to the fluid-filled, motion-sensing semicircular canals. If enough otoconia accumulate in any of the canals, it can disrupt the fluid movement the canals use to detect head motion.

These semicircular canals are filled with a viscous fluid, called endolymph, that tickles tiny hairs lining the canals as the fluid sloshes around. These hairs transmit messages to the brain ...

The vestibular system, in particular, is a series of semicircular canals located in your inner ear, Besser says. These canals are filled with fluid, and they have the ability to sense the ...

More information: Alessandro Urciuoli et al, Semicircular canals shed light on bottleneck events in the evolution of the ...

They focused on the semicircular canals, a set of bony tubes in the inner ear that are fully formed at birth. During life, these canals are filled with fluid, helping to maintain balance and ...

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - Scientists have answered a longstanding question about mammalian evolution, examining ear anatomy of living and extinct mammals and their close relatives to ...

"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 ...