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Definition of Internal ear
1. Noun. A complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium.
Terms within: Neuroepithelium, Membranous Labyrinth, Bony Labyrinth, Osseous Labyrinth, Endolymph, Perilymph, Semicircular Canal, Cochlea, Artery Of The Labyrinth, Internal Auditory Artery, Labyrinthine Artery, Internal Auditory Vein, Labyrinthine Vein
Generic synonyms: Receptor, Sense Organ, Sensory Receptor
Group relationships: Auditory Apparatus
Medical Definition of Internal ear
1. internal ear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Internal Ear
Literary usage of Internal ear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"The internal ear, which is situated somewhat deeper in the head than the middle
ear, is a complicated fluid-filled sac with three semicircular canals and a ..."
2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"... or eighth, cranial nerve has two divisions corresponding roughly, though not
exactly, to the different sensory functions served by the internal ear. ..."
3. A Text-book of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"We have now to consider certain structures of the internal ear, which represent
... In § 28 we dealt with the cochlea of the internal ear, the part of the ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1891)
"DISEASES OF THE internal ear. Difficulty in Diagnosis.—Clinical and Pathological
Advances.—Differentiation between Diseases of Middle and internal ear. ..."
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