the cartilage or bony capsule surrounding the inner ear mechanism [ ISBN:0-683-40008-8 MP:0000039 ]
术语信息
database
cross reference
- MA:0000252
- EMAPA:37466 (MA:th)
- EMAPA:17596
Subsets
pheno_slim
UBPROP 0000008
In elasmobranchs, the otic capsule remains cartilaginous in the adult; in the embryos of higher vertebrates, it is cartilaginous at first but later becomes bony (at approximately 23 weeks in humans)