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utricle

noun as in cell

noun as in nut

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in vesicle

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In those individuals, Balaban says, further tests implicated damage to the ear's otolith organs, the utricle and the saccule, key to sensing gravity.

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The utricle and the saccule also have sensory hair cells that alert your brain when you have changed your position.

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In two areas of the inner ear, the saccule and the utricle, are hairlike cells topped with structures called otoliths.

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The sacs of the internal ear, known as the utricle and saccule, receive the impulses of the base of the stapes.

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Sepals 5, united below in an indurated cup, enclosing the utricle.

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