semicircular canal
Noun
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One of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another;
Concerned with equilibrium (synset 105330776)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 stimulationis a part of:- inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth - a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
- vestibular apparatus, vestibular system - organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium
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