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Sense Organs > Vestibular System > Semicircular Ducts
Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Inner > Semicircular Canals > Semicircular Ducts
... > Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Inner > Semicircular Canals > Semicircular Ducts

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Semicircular Ducts  

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  • Ampullary Crest
  • Ampullary Crests
  • Crest, Ampullary
  • Crests, Ampullary

Scope note

  • The three membranous semicircular ducts within the bony semicircular canals. They open into the UTRICLE through five openings. Each duct has at one end a sensory area called the ampullary crest. AMPULLARY HAIR CELLS of the crests sense the movement of ENDOLYMPH resulting from rotation of the head.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054776

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