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sacculus /sac·cu·lus/ (sak´u-lus) pl. sac´culi   [L.] saccule.
sacculus
[sak′yoo͡ləs] pl. sacculi,
a little sac or bag, especially the smaller of the two divisions of the membranous labyrinth of the vestibule, which communicates with the cochlear duct through the ductus reuniens in the inner ear. See also saccule.

sacculus [sak´u-lus] (pl. sac´culi) (L.)
sacculus laryn´gis a diverticulum extending upward from the front of the ventricle of the larynx.

sacculus
pl. sacculi [L.] a saccule.

sacculus laryngis
the lateral ventricle of the larynx, especially when of large size; its entrance in most species lies between the vocal and the vestibular folds. In pigs the ventricle lies between the two parts of the vocal ligament and there is no sac in the cat nor in ruminants.


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