| 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) |
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| 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) |