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Preferred Name

Utricle
Synonyms

Utricle

Definitions

A vestibular sac and the larger of the two otolith organs that is located in the elliptical recess of the vestibule of the inner ear; it contains receptors on a specialized lining that detect linear acceleration in the horizontal direction.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33844

code

C33844

DEFINITION

A vestibular sac and the larger of the two otolith organs that is located in the elliptical recess of the vestibule of the inner ear; it contains receptors on a specialized lining that detect linear acceleration in the horizontal direction.

FULL_SYN

Utricle

label

Utricle

Legacy Concept Name

Utricle

Preferred_Name

Utricle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33844

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0042158

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13043

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