(a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.
Example Sentences:
(1) Previously-reported post antibiotic effect of OFLX was thought to be another property of OFLX otic solution.
(2) In osteogenesis imperfecta, the poor formation of collagen leads to abnormally thin bony trabeculae with a poorly formed otic capsule.
(3) Three days later selected areas of the brain, the trigeminal, superior cervical and otic ganglia were examined for retrogradely labelled fluorescent cells.
(4) The parietal, squamosal, and exoccipital bones, and the quadrate cartilage were displaced when otic capsule material was absent or oversized.
(5) The presence of otic fibers in the inferior alveolar, mylohyoid, buccal and motor branches of the trigeminal nerve has not hitherto been reported.
(6) If the anemia is severe, palpitations, otic pulsations, and cardiac decompensation are common.
(7) The fibers from the internal carotid and otic ganglia probably bridge to the internal carotid artery in the carotid canal, those from the otic ganglion after an initial course in the lesser superficial petrosal nerve.
(8) Primordia of the inner ear, the otic vesicle (OV) and cochleovestibular ganglion (CVG), were isolated from 72-hr (stage 19-20) quail embryos and examined for the presence of NGF receptors.
(9) The electrophysiological properties of the epithelium of the otic vesicle were studied in the chick embryo using conventional microelectrode techniques.
(10) With glutaraldehyde-tannic acid fixation, the basal lamina of the otic pit cells shows differences from that of the normal otic pit.
(11) Low concentrations of RA (1-50 nM) inhibited vesicular growth in stage 18 otic vesicles that were made quiescent and then reactivated by either serum or bombesin.
(12) Although the effects of propylene glycol in the human middle ear are yet to be investigated, we recommend the avoidance of otic preparations containing high concentrations of propylene glycol in patients with tympanic membrane perforations.
(13) Invagination of the otic placode was apparent as early as stage 12.
(14) POS, like insulin, potentiated the mitogenic effect of bombesin on the otic vesicle epithelium.
(15) The otic vesicle consists of a pseudostratified epithelium with some features of transporting epithelia.
(16) When the otic bulla was closed, the pressure was transmitted not only via the ossicular chain but also via the round window (RW) through the middle ear cavity.
(17) Cells which project to the middle cerebral artery and were also pBNPir were found in the trigeminal, pterygopalatine and superior cervical ganglia bilaterally but not in the geniculate or otic ganglia.
(18) In the seven contralateral ears treated with the otic suspension, middle ear adhesions were found in six, cholesteatoma was present in four, serous effusions were found in three, and one had a large tympanic membrane perforation.
(19) Preliminary results from a heterochronic series of SAG implants to common age otocysts suggest that these SAG neurones are capable of responding to the attractant fields which are produced by presumptive labyrinthine sensory epithelium over an extended period of otic development.
(20) The expression of the nuclear proto-oncogene c-fos in the developing otic vesicle was transient and stage-dependent.