AUDITORY RESPONSES IN THE COMMON BOX TURTLE
Open Access
- 1 December 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 42 (12) , 962-965
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.42.12.962
Abstract
The auditory sensitivity of T. Carolina Carolina, was measured in terms of the inner-ear potentials. This ear resembles that of other species of turtles studied previously in that it shows keen sensitivity in the region of 100-600 cycles and progressively poor sensitivity for higher and lower tones. The tympanic membrane was found to undergo a rotational mode of movement in response to applied forces, swinging about a hinge formed by its posterior ligament.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- SOUND TRANSMISSION IN THE TURTLE'S EARProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1956
- THE SENSITIVITY OF THE TURTLE'S EAR AS SHOWN BY ITS ELECTRICAL POTENTIALSProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1956