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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
9 sense organs starting with M in Head & Skull  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 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 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,…

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