OTOLITHS
\ˈɒtəlˌɪθs], \ˈɒtəlˌɪθs], \ˈɒ_t_ə_l_ˌɪ_θ_s]\
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A gelatinous membrane surmounting the acoustic maculae of the saccule and utricle and containing minute calciferous granules, known as otoconia, otoliths, or statoconia.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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While calcareous substances contained in the membranous vestibule, and seeming to be suspended in the fluid of the vestibule by means of a number of nervous filaments proceeding from the auditory nerve. Their universal presence in the ear of the mammalia would seem to show that they are inservient to audition.
By Robley Dunglison
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Syn.: ear stone, earsand, ear crystals. Two small round bodies consisting of a mass of minute crystalline grains of calcium carbonate, held together in a delicate mesh of fibrous tissue and contained in the wall of the auditory utricle and saccule opposite the distribution of the nerves. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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