auditory vesicle

noun Embryology.

the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.

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Also called otic vesicle, otocyst.

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Medical definitions for auditory vesicle

auditory vesicle

n.

Either of the paired sacs of invaginated ectoderm in the embryo that develop into the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.otic vesicle
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