membranous ampullae of the semicircular ducts
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[TA]a nearly spheric enlargement of one end of each of the three semicircular ducts, anterior, posterior, and lateral, where they connect with the utricle. Each contains a neuroepithelial ampullary crest (crista ampullaris).
Synonym(s): ampulla membranacea [TA], membranous ampulla
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mem·bra·nous am·pul·lae of the sem·i·cir·cu·lar ducts
(membră-nŭs am-pulē semē-sĭrkyū-lăr dŭkts) [TA]A nearly spheric enlargement of one end of each of the three semicircular ducts, anterior, posterior, and lateral, where they connect with the utricle. Each contains a neuroepithelial crista ampullaris.
Synonym(s): ampulla membranacea.
Synonym(s): ampulla membranacea.
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mem·bra·nous am·pul·lae of the sem·i·cir·cu·lar ducts
(membră-nŭs am-pulē semē-sĭrkyū-lăr dŭkts) [TA]A nearly spheric enlargement of one end of each of the three semicircular ducts, anterior, posterior, and lateral, where they connect with the utricle.
Synonym(s): ampulla membranacea.
Synonym(s): ampulla membranacea.
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