Utricle
noun
1.
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
2.
Botany. a thin bladderlike pericarp or seed vessel.
3.
Anatomy. the larger of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
Compare saccule (def 1).
noun (pl) utricles, utriculi (juːˈtrɪkjʊˌlaɪ)
1.
(anatomy) the larger of the two parts of the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear Compare saccule
2.
(botany) the bladder-like one-seeded indehiscent fruit of certain plants, esp sedges
utricle u·tri·cle1 (yōō’trĭ-kəl)
n.
A membranous sac contained within the labyrinth of the inner ear and connected with the semicircular canals.
utricle 2
n.
A small vestigial blind pouch of the prostate gland; the prostatic utricle.
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- Utricular
adjective 1. pertaining to or of the nature of a utricle; baglike. 2. having a utricle or utricles. utricular u·tric·u·lar1 (yu-trĭk’yə-lər) adj. Of, relating to, or resembling a utricle. Having one or more utricles. utricular 2 adj. Of the uterus.
- Utricular nerve
utricular nerve n. A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve, supplying the macula of the utricle.
- Utriculate
adjective, Archaic. 1. having a utricle; utricular; baglike.
- Utriculitis
noun, Pathology. 1. inflammation of the utricle. noun 1. inflammation of the inner ear utriculitis u·tric·u·li·tis (yu-trĭk’yə-lī’tĭs) n. Inflammation of the internal ear. Inflammation of the prostatic utricle.
- Utriculoampullar nerve
utriculoampullar nerve u·tric·u·lo·am·pul·lar nerve (yu-trĭk’yə-lō-ām-pul’ər, -pŭl’-) n. A division of the vestibular part of the eighth cranial nerve, giving off branches to the macula of the utricle and to the ampullary crests of the anterior and lateral semicircular ducts.