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Central bony labyrinth between cochlea and canals. Contains utricle and saccule. Related laterally to oval window.
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Vestibule, utricle and saccule: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
Image: OpenStax College · Source / original · CC BY 4.0Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.
Vestibule, utricle and saccule
Understand what you see.
Otolith organs detect linear acceleration and head orientation relative to gravity.
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How to recognise it.
- Central bony labyrinth between cochlea and canals
- Contains utricle and saccule
- Related laterally to oval window
Point them out.
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Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.
01Identify vestibule, utricle and saccule and give its main role.+
Central bony labyrinth between cochlea and canals. Contains utricle and saccule. Related laterally to oval window. Otolith organs detect linear acceleration and head orientation relative to gravity.
02What distinguishes macula from crista?+
Maculae in utricle and saccule have an otolithic membrane with otoconia. Cristae in ampullae have a cupula and respond to angular acceleration.
03Which nerve carries vestibular sensation?+
Vestibular division of VIII; primary sensory cell bodies lie in the vestibular ganglion.
04Point out three important relations and explain their significance.+
Utricular macula; Saccular macula; Otolithic membrane. Otolith organs detect linear acceleration and head orientation relative to gravity. Use the reference plate to locate the region; the relationship map organises the associations and is not drawn to scale.
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