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Part of the ear
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saccule
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Wikipedia
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The saccule is a bed of sensory cells situated in the inner ear. The saccule translates head movements into neural impulses which the brain can interpret. The saccule detects linear accelerations and head tilts in the vertical plane. When the head moves ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saccule \Sac"cule\, n. [L. sacculus, dim. of saccus sack.] A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The smallest chamber of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) [syn: sacculus ]
Usage examples of saccule.
From the saccule, however, a specialized outgrowth developed in land vertebrates.
Lying above and forward are the utricle and the structures developed from it, and lying below and behind are the saccule and the structures developed from it.
All the contents of the vestibule are lumped together as the internal ear, but only the saccule portion is concerned with hearing.
Okay, the vestibular nerve, the tempen tympani, the ampulae, utricle and saccule are all parts of which organ?