#inner_ear__innerear__internal_ear__labyrinth a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
supertype: #sense_organ__sensory_receptor__sensoryreceptor an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
part of: #auditory_apparatus
part: #neuroepithelium epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
part: #membranous_labyrinth the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth
part: #utricle__utriculus__utriculu a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open
part: #saccule__sacculus a small sc or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)
part: #bony_labyrinth__osseous_labyrinth__osseouslabyrinth cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth
part: #endolymph the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
part: #perilymph the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
part: #semicircular_canal one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium
part: #cochlea the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti
part: #basilar_membrane__basilarmembrane a membrane in the cochlea that supports the Organ of Corti
part: #modiolus the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea
part: #organ_of_Corti the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves
part: #hair_cell a sensory epithelial cell present in the Organ of Corti
part: #labyrinthine_artery__artery_of_the_labyrinth__internal_auditory_artery a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
part: #labyrinthine_vein__internal_auditory_vein veins that drain the inner ear
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