utricle

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The utricle and saccule respond to acceleration in a straight line, such as gravity.

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

The membranous portion of the semicircular canals consists of a tube, dilated at one end into a swelling or pouch, termed the ampulla, and each end communicates freely with the utricle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various