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Morphology of the Auditory and Vestibular Organs in Mammals, with Emphasis on Marine Species

Autor Galina Solntseva
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 iul 2007
This monograph describes the directions of the structural evolution of the peripheral part of the auditory system in representatives of different ecological groups of mammals. Special attention is paid to the least studied orders of marine mammals (pinnipeds, cetaceans), being of great interest both with regards to the echolocating abilities in dolphins and the influence of the aquatic environment on the development of morphological adaptations in the structure of the outer, middle and inner ears.
Undertaken for the first time, a comparative embryological study of the peripheral part of the auditory system in marine mammals allowed the author to reveal the developmental pattern of the auditory and equilibrium organs in animals with a different auditory specialization. The influence of ecological factors on the adaptive trait development in the structural organization of the outer, middle and inner ears in semi-aquatic and aquatic species is discussed. The book is illustrated with a large number of high-quality micro-photos.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004162020
ISBN-10: 900416202X
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill

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Preface 9

Part I: PERIPHERAL PART OF THE AUDITORY SYSTEM OF MAMMALS IN POSTNATAL ONTOGENY 13

Chapter 1. Structure of the outer ear of some mammals 17
1.1. Insectivora 21
1.2. Chiroptera 23
1.3. Rodentia 23
1.4. Cetacea (Odontoceti, Mysticeti) 24
1.5. Carnivora 26
1.6. Pinnipedia (Otariidae, Phocidae) 27
1.7. Features of outer ear structure in representatives of various ecological groups of mammals 30
1.8. Morphological and functional analysis of the auricular glands in mammals with different ecologies (O. F. Chernova and G. N. Solntseva) 32
1.8.1. Insectivora 33
1.8.2. Chiroptera 36
1.8.3. Carnivora 37
1.8.4. Pinnipedia (Phocidae, Otariidae) 39
1.8.5. Cetacea 40

Chapter 2. Structure of the middle ear of mammals 45
2.1. Monotremata 47
2.2. Marsupialia 47
2.3. Insectivora 48
2.4. Dermoptera 49
2.5. Chiroptera 50
2.6. Primates 51
2.7. Edentata 52
2.8. Pholidota 53
2.9. Lagomorpha 54
2.10. Rodentia 54
2.11. Cetacea 56
2.12. Tubulidentata 61
2.13. Proboscidea 61
2.14. Hyracoidea 62
2.15. Perissodactyla 62
2.16. Artiodactyla 63
2.17. Sirenia 65
2.18. Carnivora 65
2.19. Pinnipedia 67
2.20.Morphological and ecological correlations of the middle ear of various mammals 70
2.21. Peculiarities of the middle ear biomechanics 73

Chapter 3. Structure of the mammalian inner ear 76
3.1. Monotremata 82
3.2. Marsupialia 83
3.3. Insectivora 83
3.4. Chiroptera 84
3.5. Primates 85
3.6. Edentata 85
3.7. Pholidota 86
3.8. Lagomorpha 86
3.9. Rodentia 86
3.10. Cetacea 88
3.11. Proboscidea 90
3.12. Hyracoidea 90
3.13. Perissodactyla 90
3.14. Artiodactyla 91
3.15. Sirenia 91
3.16. Carnivora 91
3.17. Pinnipedia 92
3.18. Similar features of cochlea structure in different species of mammals 93

Chapter 4. Adaptive peculiarities of the mammalian peripheral part of the auditory system 98

Chapter 5. Innervation of the organ of Corti (L. S. Bogoslovskaya and E. E. Anisimov) 112
5.1. Structure of the spiral ganglion 112
5.2. Afferent cochlea’s innervation 118
5.3. Efferent cochlea’s innervation 121
5.4. Adrenergic cochlea’s innervation 125
5.5. Structure of the auditory nerve in some mammals 127


Part II: PERIPHERAL PART OF THE AUDITORY SYSTEM OF MAMMALS IN PRENATAL ONTOGENY 131

Chapter 1. Development of the auditory organ in terrestrial, semi-aquatic and aquatic mammals 132
1.1. Terrestrial mammals 134
1.1.1. Rattus norvegicus, Cavia porcellus, Sus scrofa domestica 134
1.1.2. Rhinolophus ferrumequinum 137
1.2. Semi-aquatic mammals 140
1.2.1. Erignathus barbatus 140
1.2.2. Pusa hispida 145
1.2.3. Eumetopias jubatus 148
1.2.4. Odobenus rosmarus divergens 152
1.3. Aquatic mammals 157
1.3.1. Odontoceti (Stenella attenuata, Delphinapterus leucas) 157
1.3.2. Mysticeti (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 163
1.3.3. Comparative analysis of development of the auditory organ in mammals with different ecologies 167
Chapter 2. Development of the vestibular apparatus in terrestrial, semi-aquatic and aquatic mammals 173
2.1. Terrestrial mammals 176
2.1.1. Rattus norvegicus, Cavia porcellus, Sus scrofa domestica 176
2.1.2. Rhinolophus ferrumequinum 180
2.2. Semi-aquatic mammals 184
2.2.1. Erignathus barbatus 184
2.2.2. Pusa hispida 186
2.2.3. Eumetopias jubatus 190
2.2.4. Odobenus rosmarus divergens 193
2.3. Aquatic mammals 196
2.3.1. Odontoceti (Stenella attenuata, Delphinapterus leucas) 196
2.3.2. Mysticeti (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) 199
2.3.3. Comparative analysis of the development of the vestibular apparatus in mammals with different ecologies 202

Abbreviations (for Figures 1-27) 210
Abbreviations (for Figures 28-35) 211
Figures 213 [pages unnumbered in illustration section]
Bibliography 225

Notă biografică

Galina N. Solntseva is a Professor at the Laboratory for Bioacoustics in the A. N. Severtsov, Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences. She is a well-known specialist in the field of the evolutionary morphology of hearing. G.N. Solntseva has studied the peripheral part of the auditory system in representatives of different ecological groups of
mammals for many years. She has taken part in numerous marine expeditions in the Black,
Caspian, White Seas and in the Sea of Okhotsk in order to collect morphological material and this has allowed her to gather a unique (in terms of volume and species diversity) collection of morphological material on marine mammals.
G.N. Solntseva is the author of more than a hundred scientific works in this field, including the monograph The Auditory System of Mammals (1979, Nauka publishing house).