Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the peculiar limpid fluid which is contained within the membranous labyrinth of the ear, as distinguished from the perilymph, which surrounds it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
fluid inside thelabyrinth of theinner ear .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear
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Examples
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The theory of the reaction was now established and it agreed absolutely with the theory of both Breuer and Mach which had recognized the movements of the endolymph, the fluid contained in the semi-circular canals, as being the cause of stimulation in them.
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The decisive factor was the temperature of the syringing fluid and it was soon also clear that the phenomenon, the so-called caloric reaction, proceeded from the semi-circular canals, in which the endolymph increases in specific gravity with cooling, showing a tendency to sink, whereas with warming the specific gravity decreases and the fluid shows a tendency to rise.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 - Presentation 1967
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He established an unquestionable connection between specifically directed head and eye movements of the animal with specifically directed movements of the endolymph in the semi-circular canals.
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Flourens's experiments with pigeons with improved technique and came directly to the conviction that movement of the fluid in the semi-circular canals, the endolymph, gave rise to the Flourens phenomena.
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The flux, or tendency to flux, which then appears in the endolymph of the semi-circular canals produces the reaction.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 - Presentation 1967
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He then set himself the task of establishing the site of the central mechanism governing the movements of the eyes, the nystagmus already referred to, which is set in motion by the movement of the endolymph.
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The membranous bag itself contains a similar fluid, the _endolymph_.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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When, therefore, the perilymph is shaken it communicates the impulse to the fluid (endolymph) contained in the inner membranous bag.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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The inner portion, called the _membranous labyrinth_, consists essentially of a closed membranous sac, which is filled with the endolymph.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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The endolymph and the tiny grains of ear-sand now perform their part in this marvelous and complex mechanism.
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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