Table 1.

The length, diameter and volume of Rosenthal’s Canal (RC) as determined by synchrotron phase-contrast imaging in the 10 human temporal bones in the study.

Bone #	RC length (mm)	RC diameter (mm)			RC volume (mm3)
	Total	RC base	45°	90°	Total
1	14.02	0.133	0.291	0.435	1.182
2	14.73	0.100	0.366	0.498	1.376
3	14.28	0.109	0.395	0.464	1.087
4	14.61	0.060	0.442	0.430	1.392
5	14.22	0.116	0.432	0.495	1.668
6	15.08	0.143	0.382	0.464	1.746
7	14.91	0.103	0.482	0.590	1.246
8	14.58	0.109	0.494	0.567	2.315
9	14.27	0.122	0.468	0.444	2.012
10	14.98	0.096	0.519	0.637	2.150
Average	14.568	0.109	0.427	0.502	1.617
SD	0.36058	0.023	0.069	0.072	0.430

The diameter of the RC is larger with increasing distance from the base of the cochlea.