utricle

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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.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 20, 2018

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

Head position is sensed by the utricle and saccule, whereas head movement is sensed by the semicircular canals.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The vestibule is the portion for equilibrium, composed of the utricle, saccule, and the three semicircular canals.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

But the problem is even more complex when we take into account the fact that impulses are transmitted simultaneously to the utricle and to the semicircular canals communicating with it by five openings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various