Hearing - Inner Ear Development

Introduction

The inner ear is derived from a pair of surface sensory placodes (otic placodes) in the head region. These placodes fold inwards forming a depression, then pinch off entirely from the surface forming a fluid-filled sac or vesicle (otic vesicle, otocyst). The vesicle sinks into the head mesenchyme some of which closely surrounds the otocyst forming the otic capsule. The otocyst finally lies close to the early developing hindbrain (rhombencephalon) and the developing vestibulo-cochlear-facial ganglion complex.

Categories: Hearing | Outer Ear | Middle Ear | Inner Ear | Balance

Historic Embryology - Hearing
Historic Embryology: 1880 Platypus cochlea \| 1892 Vertebrate Ear \| 1902 Development of Hearing \| 1906 Membranous Labyrinth \| 1910 Auditory Nerve \| 1913 Tectorial Membrane \| 1918 Human Embryo Otic Capsule \| 1918 Cochlea \| 1918 Grays Anatomy \| 1922 Human Auricle \| 1922 Otic Primordia \| 1931 Internal Ear Scalae \| 1932 Otic Capsule 1 \| 1933 Otic Capsule 2 \| 1936 Otic Capsule 3 \| 1933 Endolymphatic Sac \| 1934 Otic Vesicle \| 1934 Membranous Labyrinth \| 1934 External Ear \| 1938 Stapes - 7 to 21 weeks \| 1938 Stapes - Term to Adult \| 1940 Stapes \| 1942 Stapes - Embryo 6.7 to 50 mm \| 1943 Stapes - Fetus 75 to 150 mm \| 1946 Aquaductus cochleae and periotic (perilymphatic) duct \| 1946 aquaeductus cochleae \| 1948 Fissula ante fenestram \| 1948 Stapes - Fetus 160 mm to term \| 1959 Auditory Ossicles \| 1963 Human Otocyst \| Historic Disclaimer

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 1) Embryology Hearing - Inner Ear Development. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Hearing_-_Inner_Ear_Development

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