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The otoliths essentially make the otolithic membrane top-heavy.

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The otolithic membrane moves separately from the macula in response to head movements.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The moving otolithic membrane, in turn, bends the sterocilia, causing some hair cells to depolarize as others hyperpolarize.

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Tilting the head causes the otolithic membrane to slide over the macula in the direction of gravity.

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Simultaneously with the otolithic capsules, four rudimentary tentacles make their appearance between the four tentacles.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry