sacculus
Americannoun
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sacculi
plural
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Etymology
Origin of sacculus
1615–25; < Latin, equivalent to sacc ( us ) sack 1 + -ulus -ule
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The inner ear, which contains the sense organs, consists of a membranous bag, the chief parts of which are the utriculus, the sacculus, the lagena, and the three semicircular canals.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
The cavity of this membranous labyrinth is filled with a fluid, the endolymph; and within the utriculus, sacculus and lagena are masses of inorganic matter called the otoliths.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Hugo Münsterberg
The very complex structure of the cochlea, one of the most elaborate and wonderful outcomes of adaptation in the mammal body, develops originally in very simple fashion as a flask-like projection from the sacculus.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
The utriculus and sacculus are in wide-open communication with each other and have almost become one.
From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Robert M. Yerkes
The ear sac, of which the chief divisions are the utriculus and the sacculus, with which the canals communicate, is not shown well in this drawing.
From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Robert M. Yerkes
The tapping of the sacculi and the bleeding caused considerable soiling of the abdominal contents, and water was used freely from a pitcher to cleanse the abdominal viscera.
From Time Magazine Archive
The larynx has the lateral sacculi well developed, though entirely concealed within the alae of the thyroid cartilage.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
Some day a few of the most intelligent of these sacculi may realize that Mary Garden is probably the greatest living singer.
From Interpreters by Carl Van Vechten
In the normal gut the sacculi and bands act as valves to control the descent of the feces.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison
There were for external use, amulets, oils, ointments, liniments, plasters, cataplasms, salves, poultices; also sacculi, little bags of flowers, seeds, herbs, etc., and pomanders and posies.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle
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