vestibular system
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vestibular system
n
(Physiology) the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance
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vestibular system
The part of the inner ear dealing with balance. It includes two sacs (saccule and utricle) containing gravity-sensitive otoliths, and three fluid-filled semicircular ducts which register movement.
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Noun | 1. | vestibular system - organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium ear - the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium semicircular canal - one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium sensory system - the body's system of sense organs |
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