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Internal ear   /ɪntˈərnəl ɪr/   Listen
Internal ear

noun
1.
A complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium.  Synonyms: inner ear, labyrinth.






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"Internal ear" Quotes from Famous Books



... But we see nothing of the kind. But did selection really exist, it would be incompetent to account for a multitude of structures and functions to which any efficient cause should be applicable, notably to the earliest rudiments of useful organs. Such organs as the eye and the internal ear are quite out of reach of any explanation by natural selection. Since the development of the eyes, due to the simultaneous growth of parts from within and without, the organ itself would be absolutely useless until it had attained such a degree of development as to admit of these ...
— The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 8, August, 1880 • Various



Words linked to "Internal ear" :   perilymph, cochlea, bony labyrinth, sensory receptor, sense organ, labyrinthine vein, inner ear, neuroepithelium, artery of the labyrinth, osseous labyrinth, semicircular canal, internal auditory artery, membranous labyrinth, receptor, auditory apparatus, internal auditory vein, labyrinthine artery, endolymph



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