Excerpt from "The Human Balance System," by Mary Ann Watson, describes the ability to maintain balance and what can impair this ability.

Explore the inner ear, auditory transduction, central auditory pathways, the vestibular system and the semicircular canals.

Study a human tower experiment which showed how balance is the product of at least three kinds of signals coming from distinct parts of the body.

Browse through basic facts, provided by the Vestibular Disorders Association, on equilibrium and its importance to human functioning.

Learn about the NASA shuttle mission experiment which used toadfish to study the effects of microgravity on the vestibular system.

Read an essay about the vestibular system and its role in theories of evolution.

Scan an abstract of Magnus Niklasson's study on the use of the vestibular system to study neurotoxicants in the central nervous system.