cupula ampullaris

cupula ampullaris
[TA] cupula of ampullary crest ampullary cupula: a cap of viscid, gelatinous fluid over the ampullary crest of the ear; in fixed material this cap stains slightly and is thus differentiated from the rest of the ampullar fluid. Called also c. cristae ampullaris.

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