utricle

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The utricle and saccule measure head orientation: their calcium carbonate crystals shift when the head is tilted, thereby activating hair cells.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

There are five vestibular receptor organs in the inner ear: the utricle, the saccule, and three semicircular canals.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Balaban and his colleagues venture that a directed energy source could have damaged the exquisitely sensitive utricle and saccule.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 20, 2018

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

From Science Magazine • Jun. 20, 2018

Portion of inside of neck leading into the utricle, greatly enlarged, showing the downward pointed bristles, and small quadrifid cells or processes.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles