"Semicircular Canals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Three long canals (anterior, posterior, and lateral) of the bony labyrinth. They are set at right angles to each other and are situated posterosuperior to the vestibule of the bony labyrinth (VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH). The semicircular canals have five openings into the vestibule with one shared by the anterior and the posterior canals. Within the canals are the SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D012665
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.631.663
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| Concept/Terms |
Semicircular Canals- Semicircular Canals
- Canal, Semicircular
- Canals, Semicircular
- Semicircular Canal
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Semicircular Canals" by people in Profiles.
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Posterior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence: Case Series and Systematic Review. Otol Neurotol. 2020 04; 41(4):511-521.
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Lateral Skull Base Attenuation in Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence and Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 10; 155(4):641-8.
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Bilateral posterior semicircular canal dehiscence in the setting of Hallermann-Streiff syndrome. Ear Nose Throat J. 2012 Sep; 91(9):360, 362-3.
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Lateral semicircular canal dehiscence. Otol Neurotol. 2007 Dec; 28(8):1155-6.
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The canalith repositioning procedure for benign positional vertigo: a meta-analysis. Laryngoscope. 2004 Jul; 114(7):1143-6.