saccule
[sak-yool]
- Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.Compare utricle(def 3).
- a little sac.
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Anteriorly the saccule communicates with the membranous cochlea or scala media by a short ductus reuniens (fig. 2, dr).
Subsequently constrictions appear in the vesicle marking off the saccule and utricle.
The sacs of the internal ear, known as the utricle and saccule, receive the impulses of the base of the stapes.
saccule
sacculus (ˈsækjʊləs)
- a small sac
- the smaller of the two parts of the membranous labyrinth of the internal earCompare utricle (def. 1)
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Word Origin
C19: from Latin sacculus diminutive of saccus sack 1
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saccule
(săk′yōōl)- A small sac.
- The smaller of two membranous sacs in the vestibule of the inner ear.
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