NOUN | body | semicircular canal | one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another |
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Meaning | One of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium. | |
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Part of | inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth | A complex system of interconnecting cavities |
vestibular apparatus, vestibular system | organs mediating the labyrinthine sense | |
Broader | sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor | An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
Catalan | conducte semicircular |
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