utricle

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The roughly 30,000 hair cells in the utricle and 16,000 hair cells in the saccule lie below a gelatinous layer, with their stereocilia projecting into the gelatin.

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

In the third bladder, the quadrifids included distinctly visible granules, and the primordial utricle was a little shrunk after only 8 hrs.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles