semicircular duct

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Diagram showing the physiology of balance with two main parts: at left, a cross-section of the crista in the horizontal canal with labeled hair bundles, hair cells, and cupula above a stationary person; at right, the same structures during head rotation above a spinning person, illustrating how the cupula shifts to detect movement.

semicircular duct: Media

anatomy

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Diagram showing the physiology of balance with two main parts: at left, a cross-section of the crista in the horizontal canal with labeled hair bundles, hair cells, and cupula above a stationary person; at right, the same structures during head rotation above a spinning person, illustrating how the cupula shifts to detect movement.

sensory organs of balance; human ear

The cristae of the semicircular ducts, which form one of the two sensory organs of...

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