The saccule is a bed of sensory cells situated in the inner ear. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
The saccule is the smaller of the two vestibular sacs; it is globular in form, and lies in the recessus sphæricus near the opening of the scala vestibuli of the cochlea. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
(The structure is similar to the saccule and its outgrowths.). From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Lying above and forward are the utricle and the structures developed from it, and lying below and behind are the saccule and the structures developed from it. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
Area cribrosa media, with (7) orifices for nerves to saccule. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone] Reference
Communicates with saccule and membranous portion of semicircular canals. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
There are two otolithic organs of the vestible - the utricle and the saccule. From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
The walls of the utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts consist of three layers. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
The vestibular system includes the saccule, utricle, and the three semicircular canals. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
The vestibular branches are distributed to the utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
The saccule translates head movements into neural impulses which the brain can interpret. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
The vestibular nerve (n. vestibularis) supplies the utricle, the saccule, and the ampullæ of the semicircular ducts. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
The Dynamic equilibrium detects the linear or straight acceleration are detected by the organs called the utricle and saccule. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The saccule is sensitive to linear translations of the head, specifically movements up and down (think about moving on an elevator). From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
In the second type, the conical cecum has become quadrate by the growing out of a saccule on either side of the anterior longitudinal band. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference
Near the lower end the ductus cochlearis is brought into continuity with the saccule by a narrow, short canal, the canalis reuniens of Hensen (Fig. 924). From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
There was a time when a muscle car's only traction control was in your right foot; when the human utricle and saccule were the world's finest yaw sensors. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Cars] Reference
When the head moves vertically, the sensory cells of the saccule are disturbed and the neurons connected to them begin transmitting impulses to the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
The utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts are held in position by numerous fibrous bands which stretch across the space between them and the bony walls. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
The peripheral fibers end in the semicircular canals, the saccule and the utricle, the end-organs concerned with mechanism for the maintenance of bodily equilibrium. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves] Reference
This revealed that the utricle and saccule, also known as the otoliths, directly affected brain blood flow regulation, independent of other factors, such as blood pressure. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Within the osseous vestibule the membranous labyrinth does not quite preserve the form of the bony cavity, but consists of two membranous sacs, the utricle, and the saccule. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
From the lower part of the saccule a short tube, the canalis reuniens of Hensen, passes downward and opens into the ductus cochlearis near its vestibular extremity (Fig. 924). From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
He discovered that the saccule, a pea-sized organ in the inner ear usually associated with balance, is also sensitive to ultrasonic sound, at last explaining how Flanagan´s invention worked. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
Two sacs, called the utricle and saccule, make up the inner ear's vestibule and three fluid-filled loops, known as the semi-circular canals, detect the rotation and tilting movements of the head. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
Solicitously upon a broadband internet provider untypically was an quinquefoliate semicentenary who unlettered afebrile in the cardioid saccule and imprecation a spoken sizzle dispersion in new rappahannock. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
The utricle largely registers accelerations on the horizontal plane, while the saccule is sensitive to linear translations of the head, specifically movements up and down (think about our head-banging lizard). From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
In consequence of this an apparently new apex has been formed by the growing downward of the right saccule, and the original apex, with the appendix attached, is pushed over to the left toward the ileocolic junction. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference
In the maculæ of the utricle and saccule, and in the transverse septa of the ampullæ of the semicircular ducts, the middle coat is thickened and the epithelium is columnar, and consists of supporting cells and hair cells. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
This subdivision is effected by a fold which extends deeply into the proximal part of the ductus endolymphaticus, with the result that the utricle and saccule ultimately communicate with each other by means of a Y-shaped canal. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. The Organ of Hearing] Reference
The three longitudinal bands still start from the base of the vermiform process, but they are now no longer equidistant from each other, because the right saccule has grown between the anterior and posterolateral bands, pushing them over to the left. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference
The fourth type is merely an exaggerated condition of the third; the right saccule is still larger, and at the same time the left saccule has become atrophied, so that the original apex of the cecum, with the vermiform process, is close to the ileocolic junction, and the anterior band courses medialward to the same situation. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 2h. The Large Intestine] Reference
152 The filaments of the superior branch are transmitted through the foramina in the area vestibularis superior, and end in the macula of the utricle and in the ampullæ of the superior and lateral semicircular ducts; those of the inferior branch traverse the foramina in the area vestibularis inferior, and end in the macula of the saccule. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth] Reference
Standing "- the saccule processes vertical linear movement (vs the Utricle, which processes horizontal movement). From Wordnik.com. [LearnHub Activities] Reference
Nerve fibers to macula of saccule. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrations. Fig. 926] Reference
Hair cells of utricle and saccule. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
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