The lateral semicircular canal is the shortest of the three and is angled at about 30 degrees to the horizontal plane, which is why it’s sometimes called the “horizontal” canal.

Spontaneous semicircular canal dehiscence affects mainly the superior semicircular canal, whereas lateral semicircular canal dehiscence is most frequently associated with chronic otitis media or ...

Lampreys are thought to have two semicircular canals, ... This gene is required for proper development of the lateral canal, the third canal that is unique to jawed vertebrates.

Head Direction Cell Activity Is Absent in Mice without the Horizontal Semicircular Canals. Journal of Neuroscience , 2016; 36 (3): 741 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3790-14.2016 Cite This Page : ...

Recommendations also included use of the supine roll test to assess for lateral semicircular canal BPPV; differentiation of BPPV from other causes of imbalance, dizziness, ...

IN a recent publication1 it was shown that in the dogfish the sense organ situated in the ampulla of the horizontal semicircular canal is in a constant state of excitation. This activity is ...

So, they reasoned, placing a fossil skull with its lateral semicircular inner ear canal parallel to the Earth's horizontal plane would reveal how extinct species held their heads.