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. 2016 Sep 8;6:32772. doi: 10.1038/srep32772

Table 1. Torsion pendulum parameters.

  ASD PSD LSD cc uc
M (mg.mm−4)
Homo sapiens 155.7 ± 5.3 176.6 ± 5.9 181.1 ± 6.9 6.9 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.0
Macaca mulatta 237.5 ± 6.9 278.2 ± 8.3 260.4 ± 7.9 13.5 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.0
Saimiri sciureus 296.2 ± 16.0 257.6 ± 13.1 297.5 ± 16.5 23.0 ± 0.7 3.6 ± 0.1
C (g.s−1.mm−4)
Homo sapiens 31.2 ± 2.2 32.9 ± 2.2 45.1 ± 3.5 0.3 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0
Macaca mulatta 104.1 ± 6.2 125.1 ± 7.6 118.0 ± 7.2 1.5 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0
Saimiri sciureus 180.7 ± 20.1 136.4 ± 14.2 187.9 ± 21.1 4.7 ± 0.3 0.3 ± 0.0
K (g.s−2.mm−4)
Homo sapiens 11.1 ± 1.8 12.6 ± 2.1 11.5 ± 1.9    
Macaca mulatta 15.5 ± 2.4 16.8 ± 2.6 21.9 ± 3.5    
Saimiri sciureus 23.1 ± 2.5 36.0 ± 3.9 33.7 ± 3.7    
g (mg.mm−1)
Homo sapiens 92.7 101.3 82.1    
Macaca mulatta 48.6 49.9 46.3    
Saimiri sciureus 32.1 25.6 27.4    
ε (mdeg.nL−1)
Homo sapiens 268.4 ± 4.9 293.0 ± 5.6 264.6 ± 4.7    
Macaca mulatta 447.7 ± 5.8 469.9 ± 6.1 541.7 ± 7.4    
Saimiri sciureus 722.2 ± 16.8 862.6 ± 20.5 908.4 ± 22.1    

Given are the coefficient values of the torsion pendulum matrices M, C, K, and vector g, as well as the values of the transfer factor ε for volume displacement to cilia deflection, as calculated by Ariadne for the anterior (ASD), posterior (PSD) and lateral (LSD) semicircular ducts, as well as for the shared common crus (cc) and anterior utricle (uc). Reported errors reflect how dilating or contracting the full surface of the reconstructed semicircular duct systems by the maximum inter-observer error would affect the results. The values of g values are not affected by homogeneous dilation and contraction of the reconstructions.