The spherical enlargement at the base of each semicircular canal where they connect with the utricle, containing the crista ampullaris which detects movement of the fluid within the canals. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osseous_ampullae MP:0008488 ]
Term information
- MA:0002770
- SCTID:279759001
- Wikipedia:Osseous_ampullae
- EMAPA:32831
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Vestibular_system%27s_semicircular_canal-_a_cross-section.jpg
TODO check duct vs canal. Also check FMA - has many subtypes of semicircular canal such as 'ampulla of anterior semicircular canal'
semicircular duct ampulla
membraneous ampulla of the semicircular duct
ampullae osseae
Term relations
- ectoderm-derived structure
- has quality some multicellular
- bearer of some mass
- bearer of some maximally connected
- part of some semicircular duct
- bearer of some 3-D shape
- bearer of some multicellular
- existence starts during or after some zygote stage
- part of some multicellular organism
- end stage some death stage
- has part some cell