title: Notes on the comparative mechanics of hearing. II. On cochlear shunts in birds.
abstract: Birds differ in cochlear shunts of acoustic volume flow. One can distinguish three types of shunt: peri-, intra- and intercochlear. The functional significance of shunts is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D001844:Bone Conduction; D003051:Cochlea / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D003052:Cochlear Aqueduct / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity