inner_ear (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *inner ear*:
NOUN	body	inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth	a complex system of interconnecting cavities

English > *inner ear*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium.
Synonyms	internal ear, labyrinth
Part of	auditory apparatus	All of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
Parts	bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth	cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth
	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
	endolymph	The bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
	labyrinthine artery, artery of the labyrinth, internal auditory artery	An artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth
	labyrinthine vein, internal auditory vein	veins that drain the inner ear
	membranous labyrinth	The sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea
	neuroepithelium	epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
	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
Broader	sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor	An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation
Catalan	laberint
Spanish	laberinto

HyperDic: inner_ear