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otoconia

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statoconia [stat″o-ko´ne-ah] (pl. of statoco´nium)
minute calcareous particles in the gelatinous membrane surmounting the macula in the inner ear; called also otoconia, otoliths, and statoliths.
otoconia
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Schuknecht proposed that BPPV occurs when otoconia irritate the ampulla of the posterior semicircular canal (the cupulolithiasis theory), but other theories exist, as well.
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