vestibular system

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vestibular system

(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

vestibular system - organs mediating the labyrinthine sense; concerned with equilibrium

vestibular apparatus

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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