| The collection and study of well documented pathologic human
temporal bones is essential for continued progress in elucidating disease processes of
hearing, balance, and facial nerve function, for validation of clinical diagnoses during
life, and to assess the efficacy of medical and surgical treatment. Newly developed
techniques in molecular biology can be applied, both to freshly acquired and, in some
cases, to archivally stored pathologic human temporal bones. Scientific study of the human temporal
bone is a time-consuming, expensive, and challenging process. Laboratories which are
dedicated to the study of pathological aspects of ear disorders are highly specialized.
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This is one set of temporal
bone slides. A finished set consists of 40 microscope slides made from taking every 10th
slide from the 400 consecutive slides |
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