Vestibule, Labyrinth [vestibulární aparát]
- Terms
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vestibulární labyrint
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Ear Vestibule
Vestibular Apparatus
Vestibular Labyrinth
Vestibule of Ear
Vestibulum Auris
An oval, bony chamber of the inner ear, part of the bony labyrinth. It is continuous with bony COCHLEA anteriorly, and SEMICIRCULAR CANALS posteriorly. The vestibule contains two communicating sacs (utricle and saccule) of the balancing apparatus. The oval window on its lateral wall is occupied by the base of the STAPES of the MIDDLE EAR.
- Annotation
- diseases = VESTIBULAR DISEASES
- DUI
- D014722 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0022638
- History note
- 2008 (1979)
- Public note
- 2008; see VESTIBULE 1990-2007, see VESTIBULAR APPARATUS 1963-1989
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