inner ear

Noun
  1. A complex system of interconnecting cavities;
    Concerned with hearing and equilibrium (synset 105328855)
    is a type of: receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
    has:
    • neuroepithelium - epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
    • membranous labyrinth - the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth
    • bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth - cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth
    • endolymph - the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
    • perilymph - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
    • semicircular canal - one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium
    • cochlea - the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti
    • artery of the labyrinth, internal auditory artery, labyrinthine artery - an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
    • internal auditory vein, labyrinthine vein - veins that drain the inner ear
    is a part of: auditory apparatus - all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
    same as: internal ear, labyrinth

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