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

Preferred term

Vestibule, Labyrinth  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Ear Vestibule
  • Vestibular Apparatus
  • Vestibular Labyrinth
  • Vestibule of Ear
  • Vestibulum Auris

In other languages

  • French

  • Appareil vestibulaire
  • Système vestibulaire labyrinthique
  • Vestibule de l'oreille interne
  • Vestibule labyrinthique
  • Vestibulum auris

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VRHZZL3S-9

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