A small, oval, bony chamber of the labyrinth. The vestibule contains the utricle and saccule, organs which are part of the balancing apparatus of the ear. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0003382 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibule_of_the_ear ]
Synonyms: bony labyrinth vestibule osseous labyrinth vestibule inner ear vestibulum vestibule of bony labyrinth
Term information
- NCIT:C33873
- MESH:D014722
- GAID:881
- XAO:0000199
- CALOHA:TS-0479
- SCTID:181188003
- Wikipedia:Vestibule_of_the_ear
- EV:0100366
- MA:0001185
- VHOG:0001220
- UMLS:C0458718 (ncithesaurus:Vestibule)
- FMA:60183
- BTO:0003382
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The vestibule is the central part of the osseous labyrinth, and is situated medial to the tympanic cavity, behind the cochlea, and in front of the semicircular canals. [Wikipedia:Vestibule_of_the_ear][VHOG]
vestibulum auris
vestibular apparatus
inner ear vestibule
vestibular part of bony labyrinth
vestibulum labyrinthi
Term relations
- organ part
- ectoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some internal ear
- part of some bony labyrinth