membranous labyrinth

American  

noun

1. labyrinth6a

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Etymology

Origin of membranous labyrinth

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The only important respects in which Kishi found the membranous labyrinth, that is, the canals and the ear sacs, of the dancer to differ from that of the gray mouse are the following.

From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.

Otī′tis, inflammation of the internal ear; Ot′ocyst, an auditory vesicle; Ot′olith, a calcareous concretion within the membranous labyrinth of the ear; Otol′ogist, one skilled in otology; Otol′ogy, knowledge of the ear.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The membranous labyrinth occupies the central portion of the vestibule and the passages leading from it.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

The fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

The membranous labyrinth is smaller in size, but a perfect counterpart, with respect to form, of the bony vestibule, cochlea, and semicircular canals.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin