Vestibular apparatus

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utricle

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labyrinth

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semicircular duct

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Stimulation of the hair cells in the vestibular apparatus is associated with the sense of hearing.
Stimulus of the vestibular apparatus is mediated largely through histamine and acetylcholine receptors.
Located within the inner ear, the vestibular apparatus is the sense organ that detects linear and angular accelerations of the head and relays this information to brainstem nuclei that elicit appropriate postural and ocular responses.
The vestibular apparatus is geometrically quite variable.
The vestibular apparatus is responsible for balance.

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