inner ear
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1. a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor, |
| definition | : | an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | neuroepithelium, |
| definition | : | epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | membranous labyrinth, |
| definition | : | the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth, |
| definition | : | cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | endolymph, |
| definition | : | the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | perilymph, |
| definition | : | the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | semicircular canal, |
| definition | : | one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | cochlea, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | auditory apparatus, |
| definition | : | all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears (noun.body) |
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