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Descriptor English: Acoustic Maculae
Descriptor Spanish: Máculas Acústicas
Descriptor máculas acústicas
Scope note: Áreas sensoriales de la pared vertical del sáculo y en el suelo del utrículo. Las células ciliadas de las máculas están inervadas por fibras del NERVIO VESTIBULAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Máculas Acústicas
Descriptor French: Macules acoustiques
Entry term(s): Acoustic Macula
Acoustic Maculas
Macula, Acoustic
Maculae, Acoustic
Maculas, Acoustic
Tree number(s): A09.246.300.909.625.125
A09.923.500.625.125
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008267
Scope note: The sensory areas on the vertical wall of the saccule and in the floor of the utricle. The hair cells in the maculae are innervated by fibers of the VESTIBULAR NERVE.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Labyrinth (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 95; was MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94 (see under SACCULE AND UTRICLE 1983-90, see under LABYRINTH 1979-82)
Online Note: use ACOUSTIC MACULAE to search MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94
History Note: 95; was MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94 (see under SACCULE AND UTRICLE 1983-90, see under LABYRINTH 1979-82)
DeCS ID: 28130
Unique ID: D008267
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Acoustic Maculae - Preferred
Concept UI M0012874
Scope note The sensory areas on the vertical wall of the saccule and in the floor of the utricle. The hair cells in the maculae are innervated by fibers of the VESTIBULAR NERVE.
Preferred term Acoustic Maculae
Entry term(s) Acoustic Macula
Acoustic Maculas
Macula, Acoustic
Maculae, Acoustic
Maculas, Acoustic



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