Talk:Semicircular canals

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Proposed merge (2006)

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Merge to Labyrinth (inner ear)

Oppose. --Arcadian 14:40, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Need more info

We really need so more information!!! Can anyone with experience in this area please make an addition. eg. more detailed descriptions about functions, appearance, etc...

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.214.158.196 (talk • contribs) 09:12, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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and what do they do to give you balance? i just cnat figure that one out —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.30.231.242 (talk) 17:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Error!

This contradicts the pages superior and posterior semicircular canals when referring to the type of rotation detected by each component. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkokavec (talk • contribs) 04:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alignment of semicircular canals

According to this article, the superior(anterior) and posterior semicircular canals are not aligned parallel/orthogonal to the nasal-occipital axis. That is, these canals are not aligned so as to detect only nodding or cartwheeling head motions. Instead, they are aligned at a ~45 degree angle to the nasal-occipital axis.

I'm going to go ahead and change the article to reflect this. Also, I think that the section talking about how the canals are not perfectly orthogonal is a bit confusing and unnecessary. Even if this is true, saying it here only serves to obscure the function of the canals as head motion detectors. Furthermore, the article I linked above suggests that the canals are in fact very close to mutually orthogonal.

--mskoh52 22:07, 12 October 2008(UTC)

Proposed merge (2014) with Horizontal semicircular canal, Superior semicircular canal, Posterior semicircular canal

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This needlessly fragments the display of this information which, if displayed on a single article, would greatly enhance its quality. Additionally there is little unique information other than orientation about size and marginal differences in shape between these canals, yet there is a large amount of relevant information that applies to all three (eg disease), which would be better displayed if all three were displayed on the same page. With context of all three canals, the reader would benefit. These articles could be re-expanded at a later date if necessary. --LT910001 (talk) 04:06, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have completed this merge. I hope by fleshing out this article that this improves its quality in the future. --LT910001 (talk) 05:41, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed merge (2016) with Osseous ampullae

Most of the page is describing the semicircular canals and all of it is covered on target page Iztwoz (talk) 17:25, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done

Requested move 25 March 2016

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The result of the move request was: Move. Cúchullain ^t/c 14:57, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semicircular canal → Semicircular canals – Other canals merged to the page which refers to and covers the three canals Iztwoz (talk) 18:33, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment WP:SINGULAR article titles are usually singular. -- 70.51.46.39 (talk) 05:58, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are right 70.51.46.39 but the word usually is used. WP:Naming conventions refers to things that are usually plural and sensible to group them instead of having single pages on each item - which I would say covers the usage for example of - scalene muscles, pectinate muscles, cranial nerves, and various groupings of arteries and veins - cerebral arteries and veins. Makes for better linkage and reading...(imo)...--Iztwoz (talk) 12:44, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Support there are three canals generally referred to in plural together as a single apparatus (eg the "semicircular canals"), so it makes sense to rename to match this. --Tom (LT) (talk) 13:41, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Support, the article is about the set of three. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 06:41, 6 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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