Inner ear Is the ancient part of the ear ... Motion of the head causes fluid to slip in the semicircular canals. The moving fluid stimulates patches of sensory cells, cristae, conveying information ...

"The development of the inner ear structures is known to be under very tight genetic control, since they are fully formed at ...

There are five sensory epithelia in the balance portion of the inner ear (one for each of the three semicircular canals and two in a chamber where the three canals come together). The nerve fibers ...