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Definition of Otolith
1. n. One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.
Definition of Otolith
1. Noun. (context: zoology) A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Otolith
1. a hard mass that forms in the inner ear [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Otolith
Literary usage of Otolith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"It was suggested that the dynamic function is performed by the sensory structures
of the semicircular canals, the static by the otolith organs of the ..."
2. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Robert Tigerstedt (1906)
"D. THE otolith SACS It will be readily understood that a movement in a ...
But, as Breuer has observed, it appears that the otolith apparatus may be ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The process carrying the otolith outer side of a or concretion hk, formed by
endoderm cells, is tentacle, two enclosed by an upgrowth forming the " vesicle ..."
4. A Text-book of psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"otolith organs have a very wide range in the animal kingdom, ... It has been
found possible, for instance, to replace the otolith of a crustacean, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... with otolith. recognized in the Hydro- FIG. 31.—Section of a Statocyst of with
their conspicuous otoliths (con) and the inconspicuous auditory cells, ..."
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