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Membranous labyrinth   /mˈɛmbrənəs lˈæbərˌɪnθ/   Listen
Membranous labyrinth

noun
1.
The sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth.





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... of hearing, passes to the inner ear, through a passage in the solid bone of the skull. Its minute filaments spread at last over the inner walls of the membranous labyrinth in two branches,—one going to the vestibule and the ampullae at the ends of the semicircular canals, the ...
— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell


Words linked to "Membranous labyrinth" :   complex body part, inner ear, body structure, sacculus, internal ear, anatomical structure, utriculus, utricle, labyrinth, bodily structure, structure, saccule


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