Posterior semicircular canal
Canalis semicircularis posterior
Definition
The posterior semicircular canal is one of three bony semicircular canals, between 0.2 and 0.5 mm in diameter, containing the posterior semicircular duct. The plan of its circle relative to the base of the skull faces rostrolaterally and slightly dorsally.
References
Constantinescu GM, Schaller O. Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature. 3rd Edition. Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012.
Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 1, Ostéologie, 5th edition, Vigot, Paris, 2017.
Barone R, Simoens P. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 7, Neurologie II, Vigot, Paris, 2010.
