Comparing the anatomy, shape and middle ear cavity orifice of the ET within Df1/+ mice with unilateral OM as well as to a WT control, we did not observe any gross abnormalities.
Regardless, if the maximum temperature is to be detected in such relatively small areas or orifices as the inner canthus and the ear canal opening, the demand for a high spatial resolution is essential.
The ability of chinchillas to transport dye from the middle ear to the nasopharyngeal orifice of the ET is a direct indicator of the mucociliary clearance capability of this tubal organ [37].
Twenty-four hours after delivery of siRNA, we measured time required for the ET of chinchillas (4 ears per cohort) to transport a small bolus of Coomassie brilliant blue from the inferior aspect of the middle ear to the nasopharyngeal orifice of the ET (Fig. 9A).
First, out of your orifices, ears, nose, mouth.
Twenty-four hours later, the time required to transport a small bolus of 5% Coomassie brilliant blue (Fisher) solution, prepared in pyrogen-free saline, from the inferior aspect of the chinchilla middle ear cavity to the nasopharyngeal orifice of the ET was assessed following a published protocol [37].
Foam and blood came from his mouth during the morning, and at ten minutes to two in the afternoon Wilde died…He had scarcely breathed his last breath when the body exploded with fluids from ear, nose, mouth, and other orifices".
Sometimes leeches find their way into orifices, like the nostrils, ear canals and mouth.
With the production of increasingly small sized batteries for use in miniaturized electronic equipments and toys, the incidence of impaction of batteries in previously uninvolved orifices such as the nose and ear appears to be on the rise [ 16, 17].
Clumsily fumbling and groping, they are clearly unable to see, yet out from the scrambled orifices placed haphazardly across their faces -- an ear where a mouth should be, a single eye in the middle of the face, an errant moustache -- one imagines they are gazing, out of their video frames, at each other and, occasionally, at the viewer.
The auditory orifices of both ears on three rabbits were used as the experimental sites (six sites in total) in each of the experiments.
