Saccule

Word SACCULE
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Hyphenation sac cule
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Definitions and meanings of "Saccule"

What do we mean by saccule?

A small sac. noun

The smaller of two membranous sacs in the vestibule of the inner ear. noun

A sac or cyst; especially, a little sac; a cell; a sacculus. Specifically noun

In anatomy, the smaller of two sacs in the vestibule of the membranous labyrinth of the ear, situated in the fovea hemispherica, in front of the utricle, connected with the membranous canal of the cochlea by the canalis reuniens, and prolonged in the aquæductus vestibuli to a pyriform dilatation, the saccus endolymphaticus. noun

Synonyms See sac. noun

A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear. noun

The smallest chamber of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. noun

A small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth) noun

The smallest chamber of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.

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The word "saccule" in example sentences

The tube that in land vertebrates developed from the saccule is the cochlea (kok'lee-uh; "snail-shell" L), which is a spiral structure that does indeed have a close resemblance to a snail shell, except that its width does not narrow as it approaches its central apex, but remains constant (see illustration, p. 253). ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

—The saccule is the smaller of the two vestibular sacs; it is globular in form, and lies in the recessus sphæricus near the opening of the scala vestibuli of the cochlea. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The saccule is a bed of sensory cells situated in the inner ear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(The structure is similar to the saccule and its outgrowths.) ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

Lying above and forward are the utricle and the structures developed from it, and lying below and behind are the saccule and the structures developed from it. ❋ Asimov, Isaac (1963)

On its medial wall, at the forepart, is a small circular depression, the recessus sphæricus, which is perforated, at its anterior and inferior part, by several minute holes (macula cribrosa media) for the passage of filaments of the acoustic nerve to the saccule; and behind this depression is an oblique ridge, the crista vestibuli, the anterior end of which is named the pyramid of the vestibule. ❋ Unknown (1918)

In consequence of this an apparently new apex has been formed by the growing downward of the right saccule, and the original apex, with the appendix attached, is pushed over to the left toward the ileocolic junction. ❋ Unknown (1918)

—The walls of the utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts consist of three layers. ❋ Unknown (1918)

From the lower part of the saccule a short tube, the canalis reuniens of Hensen, passes downward and opens into the ductus cochlearis near its vestibular extremity (Fig. 924). ❋ Unknown (1918)

In the second type, the conical cecum has become quadrate by the growing out of a saccule on either side of the anterior longitudinal band. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The vestibular nerve (n. vestibularis) supplies the utricle, the saccule, and the ampullæ of the semicircular ducts. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The fourth type is merely an exaggerated condition of the third; the right saccule is still larger, and at the same time the left saccule has become atrophied, so that the original apex of the cecum, with the vermiform process, is close to the ileocolic junction, and the anterior band courses medialward to the same situation. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Within the osseous vestibule the membranous labyrinth does not quite preserve the form of the bony cavity, but consists of two membranous sacs, the utricle, and the saccule. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The three longitudinal bands still start from the base of the vermiform process, but they are now no longer equidistant from each other, because the right saccule has grown between the anterior and posterolateral bands, pushing them over to the left. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The vestibular branches are distributed to the utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Near the lower end the ductus cochlearis is brought into continuity with the saccule by a narrow, short canal, the canalis reuniens of Hensen (Fig. 924). ❋ Unknown (1918)

The utricle, saccule, and semicircular ducts are held in position by numerous fibrous bands which stretch across the space between them and the bony walls. ❋ Unknown (1918)

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