Otolith meaning

ō'tə-lĭth'
One of the small calcareous particles found in the inner ear of many vertebrates, especially fishes, which are involved in determining body orientation and sometimes in perceiving sound.
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A tiny, bonelike particle or stony, platelike structure in the internal ear of lower vertebrates.
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A similar calcareous concretion in the statocyst of many invertebrates.
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One of the small calcareous particles found in the inner ear of many vertebrates, especially fishes, which are involved in determining body orientation and sometimes in perceiving sound.
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(zoology) A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.
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Origin of otolith

From Ancient Greek ωτο (ōto), stem of οὖς (ous, “ear") + λίθος (lithos, “stone").

Sentence Examples

  • con, Concrement-cell with otolith.

  • n.c, Nerve-cushion; of the ring-canal, but end, endodermal concrement-cells; con, later becomes separated otolith.

  • pigment-cells, which are con, Otolith.

  • The process carrying the otolith outer side of a or concretion hk, formed by endoderm cells, is tentacle, two enclosed by an upgrowth forming the " vesicle," nerves run round which is not yet quite closed in at the top. the base of the (After Hertwig.) tentacle to it.

  • con, Concrement - cell with otolith.

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