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Body Atlas, Sense Organ Reference

Sense Organs

Eye, ear, nose and tongue reference, parts, nerve supply, function, and common conditions.

135 sense organs
12 sense organs starting with M  Clear ×
Sense Organ Macula Lutea macula lutea Head & Skull The macula is an oval, yellowish area about 5 mm across at the centre of the…
Sense Organ Macula of the Saccule macula sacculi Head & Skull The macula of the saccule is a patch of sensory hair cells on the wall of…
Sense Organ Macula of the Utricle macula utriculi Head & Skull The macula of the utricle is a patch of sensory hair cells on the floor of…
Sense Organ Mastoid Antrum antrum mastoideum Head & Skull The mastoid antrum is the largest and most consistent mastoid air cell, communicating with the middle…
Sense Organ Meibomian Glands glandulae tarsales Head & Skull Meibomian glands are long sebaceous glands embedded in the tarsal plates, about 25-40 in the upper…
Sense Organ Meissner Corpuscles corpuscula tactus Whole Body Meissner corpuscles are small, encapsulated touch receptors in the dermal papillae just beneath the epidermis. They…
Sense Organ Membranous Labyrinth labyrinthus membranaceus Head & Skull The membranous labyrinth is a closed system of delicate, endolymph-filled sacs and ducts lying within the…
Sense Organ Merkel Cells epitheliocyti tactus Whole Body Merkel cells are specialised cells in the basal layer of the epidermis that form touch receptors…
Sense Organ Middle Ear Cavity cavitas tympani Head & Skull The middle ear cavity (tympanic cavity) is an air-filled space within the temporal bone between the…
Sense Organ Middle Ear Cleft cavitas tympanica Head & Skull The middle ear cleft (tympanic cavity) is the air-filled space within the petrous temporal bone between…
Sense Organ Modiolus modiolus cochleae Head & Skull The modiolus is the cone-shaped central bony pillar around which the cochlea coils. It is porous,…
Sense Organ Muscle Spindles fusi neuromusculares Whole Body Muscle spindles are small, capsule-bound stretch receptors lying parallel to ordinary muscle fibres in nearly all…

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