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INNER EAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium
Synonyms:
inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("inner ear" is a kind of...):
receptor; sense organ; sensory receptor (an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation)
Meronyms (parts of "inner ear"):
neuroepithelium (epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings)
membranous labyrinth (the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth)
bony labyrinth; osseous labyrinth (cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth)
endolymph (the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear)
perilymph (the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear)
semicircular canal (one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium)
cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)
artery of the labyrinth; internal auditory artery; labyrinthine artery (an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth)
internal auditory vein; labyrinthine vein (veins that drain the inner ear)
Holonyms ("inner ear" is a part of...):
auditory apparatus (all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears)
Context examples:
A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the inner ear.
(Non-Neoplastic Inner Ear Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
The cells forming the outer spiraled tunnel walls in the organ of Corti within the inner ear.
(Outer Rod of the Corti, NCI Thesaurus)
For example, down below on a boat, your inner ear senses motion, but your eyes cannot tell you are moving.
(Motion Sickness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The middle ear leads to the inner ear.
(Middle Ear, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by problems in both the inner ear and middle or outer ear.
(Mixed Conductive and Sensorineural Hearing Loss, NCI Thesaurus)
An oval, membrane covered opening from the tympanic cavity of the middle ear to the vestibule of the inner ear.
(Fenestra Ovalis, NCI Thesaurus)
A test of the transmission of sound to the inner ear through the bones of the skull.
(Bone Conduction Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
Injury to the hearing mechanisms within the inner ear, caused by excessively loud noise.
(Acoustic Trauma, NCI Thesaurus)
Bmp7 is also found in the inner ear of mammals.
(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)
The snail shell-shaped auditory component of the inner ear.
(Cochlea, NCI Thesaurus)
