Medical Definition of Utricular spot

1. The neuroepithelial sensory receptor in the inferolateral wall of the utricle; hair cells of the neuroepithelium support the statoconial membrane and have terminal arborizations of vestibular nerve fibres around their bodies; sensitive to linear acceleration in the longitudinal axis of the body and to gravitational influences. Synonym: macula utriculi, utricular spot. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Utricular Spot

utopism
utopisms
utopist
utopistic
utopists
utp-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
utp-hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
utraquism
utraquisms
utricle
utricles
utricular
utricular cyst
utricular nerve
utricular reflexes
utricular spot (current term)
utricularia
utriculate
utriculi
utriculitis
utriculoampullar nerve
utriculoid
utriculosaccular
utriculosaccular duct
utriculus
utriform
utro
utrophin
uts

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