Definition of internal ear Internal ear
in•ter•nal ear
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What does internal ear mean?
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| internal ear - a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium | ||
| inner ear, labyrinth | ||
| sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation | ||
| auditory apparatus all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears | ||
| 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 | ||
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