ANOTOMY OF INTERNAL EAR

ROLL NO -142,143,144
• Internal ear or Labyrinth is an important organ of hearing
& balance.
• It consist BONY & MAMBRANOUS LABYRINTH
• Bony labyrinth –consist of 3 parts
1.VESTIBULE
2.SEMICIRULAR CANAL
3.COCHLEA
VESTIBULE
• Central chamber
• On the inner side of medial wall
present 2 resses
1.Spherical recess-lodges saccule
2.Elliptical recess-lodges utrical

Below the elliptical recess opening of

aqueduct of vestibule through which
passes the endolymphtic duct
SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
• SUPERIOR SCC- Bulges on the anterior slant of
petrious bone into the base of skull(Arcuate
eminence)
• POSTERIOR SCC- Bulges towards mastoids
• LATERAL SCC-Bulges towards middle ear
 • Each canal has an ampulated
end which opens into vestibule
• The nonampulated ends of post.
and sup. Canal unite to form a
common channel called crus
commune

These 3 canals open into vestibule by 5 openings.

 COCHLEA
• Bony cochlea is a coiled tube making 2.5 to
2.75 turns round a central pyramid of bone
called Modiolus
• Around the modiolus a thin plate of bone
called osseous spiral lamina
• Bony cochlea contains 3 compartments.
1.scala vestibuli
2.scala media
3.scala tympani
• S. Vestibuli & S. Tympani filled with perilymph
communicate at the apex through helicotrema.
• Basal coil of cochlea form a bulge on the
medial wall of middle ear.
• S. Vestibuli- Closed by footplate of stapes
• S. Tympani- Closed by secondary TM
• It is also connected with subarachnoid space
through aqueduct of cochlea
 Membranous labyrinth
● Cochlear duct ( Scala media )

● Utricle

● Saccule

● Semicircular ducts

● Endolymphatic ducts and sacs

 Cochlear duct
● Also known as membranous
cochlea

● Blind coiled tube, appears

triangular on cross section

● It is connected to Saccule by ductus

reuniens
Organ of Corti
 Saccule
● It lies anterior to Utricle and
opposite to stapes footplate

● It contains macula which is

concerned with linear
acceleration and
deceleration
 Utricle
● It recieves five opening of
three semicircular ducts

● It contains macula which is

concerned with linear
acceleration and
deceleration
Macula
 Semicircular ducts
● They open in Utricle

● Ampulated end of each

ducts contains crista
ampularis
Crista ampularis
 Endolymphatic ducts and sacs
● It passes through
vestibular aqueduct

● It is exposed for drainage

or shunt meniere’s
disease
 Inner ear fluid
1. Perilymph

2 . Endolymph
 Perilymph
It is present b/w bony and
membranous Labyrinth

Formation :

A . It is a filterate of blood serum

B . It is a direct continuation of CSF

 Endolymph
● It is present in the membranous labyrinth

● It is secreted by secretary cells of

stria vascularis
Composition of inner earfluid
and CSF
 Blood supply
Labyrinth recieves artery supply from labyrinthine artery
 Venous supply
Venous drainage is through three veins, namely internal
auditory vein, vein of cochlear aqueduct and vein of
vestibular aqueduct, which ultimately drain into inferior
petrosal sinus and lateral venous sinus.