the smaller of the two otolith organs in the vestibule [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15363417 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb MP:0006089 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccule https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-8036-0655-9 ]
Synonyms: membranous labyrinth saccule saccule sacculus (labyrinthus vestibularis) sacculus
Term information
- NCIT:C33503
- EHDAA2:0001769
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccule
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279827000
- UMLS:C0036029 (ncithesaurus:Saccule)
- EMAPA:17290
- BTO:0001805
- TAO:0000428
- FMA:61116
- AAO:0000550
- XAO:0000196
- MA:0000246
- EV:0100369
- VHOG:0000374
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0036029
- ZFA:0000428
- EHDAA:4712
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim
The most ventral chamber of the membranous labyrinth. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-25, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG]
In gnathostomes, each membranous labyrinth has three semicircular ducts that connect with a chamber known as the utriculus. (...) In all gnathostomes, the utriculus connects ventrally with a larger sac, called the sacculus (...) .[well established][VHOG]