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Also Known As	vestibular apparatus • vestibular organ

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Cross-section diagram of the human ear showing the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear, with labeled parts including the auricle, auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, cochlea, semicircular canals, and nerves.

Diagram of the human vestibular system showing the membranous labyrinth with labeled structures for balance: the cristae in the semicircular ducts and the maculae in the utricle and saccule. Insets detail the crista with hair cells and cupula, and the macula with hair cells, otolithic membrane, and supporting structures.

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vestibular ganglion vestibule saccule utricle semicircular canal vestibular nerve proprioception inner ear vestibulocochlear nerve

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Bárány, Robert

Robert Bárány

Swedish otologist