Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

BPPV usually occurs when calcium carbonate crystals, or otoconia, that sit in a gravity-sensing part of the ear called the utricle become dislodged. They then move to the fluid-filled, motion ...

Newborns with severe hypospadias often have a utriculus masculinus, or utricle. [23] This structure is a remnant of the urogenital sinus and müllerian duct, a precursor of the vagina that usually ...

[5] Such cyst in the midline prostate should be termed as prostatic utricular cyst or cystic dilation of prostatic utricle, depending on whether an outlet to the urethra exists. Despite the ...

The angle between the crista ampullaris of the lateral semicircular canal and the sagittal plane in the lying position was 13.52°, which was skewed toward the side of the utricle. Our study provides ...

Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States Introduction: The vast majority of cellular studies on mammalian vestibular hair ...

值得注意的是，另一组实验表明，这种大脑回路在发育过程中也会在没有来自称为椭圆囊（utricle）的重力感应前庭器官的输入的情况下达到成熟。