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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibule_of_the_ear http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0003382 ]
Synonyms: bony labyrinth vestibule osseous labyrinth vestibule inner ear vestibulum vestibule of bony labyrinth
Term information
- MA:0001185
- XAO:0000199
- EV:0100366
- NCIT:C33873
- MESH:D014722
- FMA:60183
- GAID:881
- CALOHA:TS-0479
- Wikipedia:Vestibule_of_the_ear
- BTO:0003382
- VHOG:0001220
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vestibular apparatus
vestibulum auris
vestibular part of bony labyrinth
inner ear vestibule
vestibulum labyrinthi
Term relations
- organ part
- ectoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some internal ear
- part of some bony labyrinth