Introduction

In the movie below, you will see a comprehensive tour of the human vestibular system. This animation should help you to understand the various ways that the head can move and how the vestibular system transduces those movements into neural energy.

You have the choice of stepping through the animation or running it continuously with narration. You might want to listen to the narration the first time and then step through in more detail a second time.

Instructions

Click the STEP-THROUGH button to view the animation in individual segments, with text captions.

Click the NARRATED button to view the animation in continuous-play mode, with audio narration.