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Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Inner > Vestibule, Labyrinth
Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Inner > Vestibule, Labyrinth
Sense Organs > Vestibular System > Vestibule, Labyrinth

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Vestibule, Labyrinth  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Apparatus, Vestibular
  • Ear Vestibule
  • Ear Vestibules
  • Labyrinths, Vestibular
  • Labyrinth, Vestibular
  • Vestibular Apparatus
  • Vestibular Labyrinth
  • Vestibular Labyrinths
  • Vestibule, Ear
  • Vestibule of Ear
  • Vestibules, Ear
  • Vestibulum Auris

Note

  • diseases = VESTIBULAR DISEASES

Scope note

  • An oval, bony chamber of the inner ear, part of the bony labyrinth. It is continuous with bony COCHLEA anteriorly, and SEMICIRCULAR CANALS posteriorly. The vestibule contains two communicating sacs (utricle and saccule) of the balancing apparatus. The oval window on its lateral wall is occupied by the base of the STAPES of the MIDDLE EAR.

History note

  • 2008 (1979)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014722

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