Sense Organs

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

135 sense organs

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Sense Organ Saccule sacculus Head & Skull The saccule is the smaller otolith organ, lying in the front lower part of the vestibule…

Sense Organ Scala Tympani scala tympani Head & Skull The scala tympani is the lower perilymph-filled channel of the cochlea. It runs from the helicotrema…

Sense Organ Scala Vestibuli scala vestibuli Head & Skull The scala vestibuli is the upper perilymph-filled channel of the cochlea. It begins at the vestibule,…

Sense Organ Sclera sclera Head & Skull The sclera is the white, opaque outer coat that forms about the back five-sixths of the…

Sense Organ Semicircular Ducts ductus semicirculares Head & Skull The semicircular ducts are three endolymph-filled membranous tubes lying within the bony semicircular canals: anterior (superior),…

Sense Organ Spiral Ligament of the Cochlea ligamentum spirale cochleae Head & Skull The spiral ligament is a thick band of connective tissue lining the outer bony wall of…

Sense Organ Stria Vascularis stria vascularis ductus cochlearis Head & Skull The stria vascularis is a band of specialised, richly vascular epithelium on the outer wall of…

Sense Organ Subretinal Space spatium subretinale Head & Skull The subretinal space is the potential space between the neurosensory retina (photoreceptor outer segments) and the…