inner ear
11inner ear — internal part of the ear where the cochlea and semicircular canals are located (organs which transform sound waves into auditory signals and aid in balance) …
12inner ear — noun the part of the ear embedded in the temporal bone, consisting of the semicircular canals and cochlea …
13inner ear — UK / US noun [singular] medical the inside part of your ear that controls your balance and your ability to hear …
14inner ear. — See internal ear. [1920 25] …
15inner ear — noun Date: 1855 the essential organ of hearing and equilibrium that is located in the temporal bone, is innervated by the auditory nerve, and includes the vestibule, the semicircular canals, and the cochlea …
16inner ear — the auditory organ lying in the otic capsule, consisting of the semicircular canals, ampullae, utriculus, sacculus, lagena, sinus endolymphaticus and ductus endolymphaticus. Filled with and surrounded by perilymph (or seawater in forms with an… …
17inner ear — see labyrinth …
18Autoimmune inner ear disease — is a suspected autoimmune disease characterized by rapidly progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. [ [http://www.emedicine.com/ent/TOPIC496.HTM Inner Ear, Autoimmune (eMedicine, 2006)] ] It occurs when the body s immune system attacks… …
19Labyrinth (inner ear) — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = labyrinthus vestibularis GraySubject = 232 GrayPage = 1047 Caption = Caption2 = Artery = labyrinthine artery System = MeshName = Labyrinth MeshNumber = A09.246.631 DorlandsPre = l 01 DorlandsSuf = 12474346 …
20Stereocilia (inner ear) — This page refers to the stereocilia of the ear. For the stereocilia of the epididymis, see Stereocilia (epididymis) Stereocilia are mechanosensing organelles of hair cells, which respond to fluid motion or fluid pressure changes in numerous types …
