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

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 membranous labyrinth consists of a vestibular portion formed by two small sac-like dilatations, called the saccule and the utricle, the latter of which communicates with the semicircular canals by five openings.

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