statoconium

statoconium
stato·co·ni·um (stat″o-koґne-əm) [TA] one of the minute calciferous granules within the gelatinous statoconic membrane surmounting the acoustic maculae (membrana statoconiorum macularum). Called also otolith, otolite, otoconium, and ear crystal.

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  • statoconium — ear dust , a microscopic (1 50 microns usually with some up to 250 microns) otolith of Cyclostomata and Chondrostei, made up of calcium phosphate with an apatite structure in the former and calcium carbonate in the form of vaterite in the latter …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • ear crystal — statoconium …   Medical dictionary

  • Otolith — organs showing detail of utricle, ococonia, endolymph, cupula, macula, hair cell filaments, and saccular nerve …   Wikipedia

  • otolith — noun A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense. Syn: otoconium, otosteon, statoconium, statolith …   Wiktionary

  • statoconia — SYN: otoliths. [L. fr. G. statos, standing, konis, dust] * * * stato·co·nia .stat ə kō nē ə n pl OTOCONIA * * * stato·co·nia (stat″o koґne ə) [Gr. statos standing + konos dust] plural of statoconium …   Medical dictionary

  • otolith — oto·lith ōt əl .ith n a calcareous concretion in the inner ear of a vertebrate or in the otocyst of an invertebrate that is esp. conspicuous in many bony fishes where it forms a hard body and in most of the higher vertebrates where it is… …   Medical dictionary

  • statolith — stato·lith stat əl .ith n OTOLITH * * * stato·lith (statґo lith) 1. statoconium. 2. a solid or semisolid body occurring in the statocyst of animals …   Medical dictionary

  • otoconium — n. see otolith * * * oto·co·ni·um (o″to koґne əm) [L.] statoconium …   Medical dictionary

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