utricle
Americannoun
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a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
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Botany. a thin bladderlike pericarp or seed vessel.
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Anatomy. the larger of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
noun
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anatomy the larger of the two parts of the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear Compare saccule
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botany the bladder-like one-seeded indehiscent fruit of certain plants, esp sedges
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Etymology
Origin of utricle
1725–35; < Latin utriculus, diminutive of uter bag; see -cle 1
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In those individuals, Balaban says, further tests implicated damage to the ear's otolith organs, the utricle and the saccule, key to sensing gravity.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 20, 2018
Balaban and his colleagues venture that a directed energy source could have damaged the exquisitely sensitive utricle and saccule.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 20, 2018
The vestibule is the portion for equilibrium, composed of the utricle, saccule, and the three semicircular canals.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Balance is coordinated through the vestibular system, the nerves of which are composed of axons from the vestibular ganglion that carries information from the utricle, saccule, and semicircular canals.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
There is a living protoplasmic layer or primordial utricle, connected either by two broad bands or by a number of anastomosing threads with a central mass of protoplasm in which the nucleus is embedded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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