| utricle | A small bladder, a membranous bladder-like sac enclosing an ovary or fruit. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| utricular | 1. Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant. 2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc, when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid. Origin: Cf. F. Utriculaire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| utricular cyst | Dilatation of the utricular lumen; usually unilocular. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utricular nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A branch of the utriculoampullar nerve, supplying the macula of the utricle. Synonym: nervus utricularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utricular reflexes | See: statotonic reflexes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utricular spot | The neuroepithelial sensory receptor in the inferolateral wall of the utricle; hair cells of the neuroepithelium support the statoconial membrane and have terminal arborizations of vestibular nerve fibres around their bodies; sensitive to linear acceleration in the longitudinal axis of the body and to gravitational influences. Synonym: macula utriculi, utricular spot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utricularia | <botany> A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| utriculi | Plural of utriculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utriculitis | 1. Inflammation of the internal ear. 2. Inflammation of the prostaticutricle. Origin: utriculus + G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| utriculoampullar nerve | <anatomy, nerve> A division of the vestibular part of the eighth cranial nerve; it gives off branches to the macula of the utricle (utricular nerve) and to the cristae of the ampullae of the anterior and lateral saemicircular ducts (anterior and lateral ampullary nerves). Synonym: nervus utriculoampullaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utriculosaccular | Relating to the utricle and the saccule of the labyrinth, denoting especially a duct connecting the two structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utriculosaccular duct | A duct that connects the inner aspect of the utricle with the endolymphatic duct a short distance from its origin from the saccule. Synonym: ductus utriculosaccularis, Bottcher's canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utriculus | <anatomy> A little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under Ear. Origin: L, a little womb or matrix, a calycle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| utriculus prostaticus | A minute pouch in the prostate opening on the summit of the seminal colliculus, the analogue of the uterus and vagina in the female, being the remains of the fused caudal ends of the paramesonephric ducts. Synonym: utriculus prostaticus, masculine uterus, Morgagni's sinus, sinus pocularis, uterus masculinus, vagina masculina, vesica prostatica, Weber's organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| utriform | Shaped like a leather bottle (wineskin). Origin: L. Uter, a skin bag, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |