Ebook: Peripheral Hearing Mechanisms in Reptiles and Birds

Reptiles and birds have highly diverse hearing organs. Data on a huge amount of information concerning all aspects of structural, neurophysiological and anatomical aspects are reviewed as published up to mid-1988: in addition a good deal of yet unpublished data from the author's laboratory are included. The literature on hearing is scattered through a great variety of zoological, medical, psychological, psychoacoustical and bioengineering journals: this book condenses all important findings in one source.

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Reptiles and birds have highly diverse hearing organs. Data on a huge amount of information concerning all aspects of structural, neurophysiological and anatomical aspects are reviewed as published up to mid-1988: in addition a good deal of yet unpublished data from the author's laboratory are included. The literature on hearing is scattered through a great variety of zoological, medical, psychological, psychoacoustical and bioengineering journals: this book condenses all important findings in one source.

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Reptiles and birds have highly diverse hearing organs. Data on a huge amount of information concerning all aspects of structural, neurophysiological and anatomical aspects are reviewed as published up to mid-1988: in addition a good deal of yet unpublished data from the author's laboratory are included. The literature on hearing is scattered through a great variety of zoological, medical, psychological, psychoacoustical and bioengineering journals: this book condenses all important findings in one source.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Hair Cells and the Origin of the Hearing Inner Ear....Pages 7-26
The Middle Ear....Pages 27-51
General Anatomical Considerations: Inner Ear and Basilar Papilla....Pages 52-75
Some Techniques Used in Hearing Research....Pages 76-84
Turtles and Snakes....Pages 85-111
The Alligator Lizard and Granite Spiny Lizard....Pages 112-131
The European Lizards, Lacertidae: Podarcis sicula and Podarcis muralis ....Pages 132-143
The Monitor Lizard, Varanus bengalensis ....Pages 144-150
The Hearing of Geckos....Pages 151-164
The Bobtail Skink, Tiliqua rugosa ....Pages 165-190
The Hearing of the Caiman, Caiman crocodilus ....Pages 191-205
The Peripheral Hearing Organ of Birds....Pages 206-252
Overview and Outlook....Pages 253-273
Back Matter....Pages 274-288

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Reptiles and birds have highly diverse hearing organs. Data on a huge amount of information concerning all aspects of structural, neurophysiological and anatomical aspects are reviewed as published up to mid-1988: in addition a good deal of yet unpublished data from the author's laboratory are included. The literature on hearing is scattered through a great variety of zoological, medical, psychological, psychoacoustical and bioengineering journals: this book condenses all important findings in one source.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Hair Cells and the Origin of the Hearing Inner Ear....Pages 7-26
The Middle Ear....Pages 27-51
General Anatomical Considerations: Inner Ear and Basilar Papilla....Pages 52-75
Some Techniques Used in Hearing Research....Pages 76-84
Turtles and Snakes....Pages 85-111
The Alligator Lizard and Granite Spiny Lizard....Pages 112-131
The European Lizards, Lacertidae: Podarcis sicula and Podarcis muralis ....Pages 132-143
The Monitor Lizard, Varanus bengalensis ....Pages 144-150
The Hearing of Geckos....Pages 151-164
The Bobtail Skink, Tiliqua rugosa ....Pages 165-190
The Hearing of the Caiman, Caiman crocodilus ....Pages 191-205
The Peripheral Hearing Organ of Birds....Pages 206-252
Overview and Outlook....Pages 253-273
Back Matter....Pages 274-288
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