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otolith /oto·lith/ (o´to-lith) statolith.

o·to·lith (

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1. Any of numerous minute calcareous particles found in the inner ear of certain lower vertebrates and in the statocysts of many invertebrates.

2. See otosteon.

oto·lithic adj.

otolith

[ō′təlith]

Etymology: Gk, ous, ear, lithos, stone

1 a calculus in the middle ear.

2 any of the crystals of calcium carbonate attached to the hair cells of the inner ear as gravity orientation receptors.

statolith [stat´o-lith]

1. a granule of the statoconia.

2. a solid or semisolid body occurring in the labyrinth of animals.

otolith

an earstone; concretions of calcium carbonate and protein in the labyrinth of the inner ear and which move with every change in the posture of the head. Called also statolith.

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