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macula
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Thickened areas of the saccule or utricle where the termination of the vestibular nerve occurs[MESH,modified]. [ ]
Term info
Label
macula
Synonyms
- macula
- maculae
- sensory macula
- sensory patch
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
curator notes
this refers to the inner ear structure, not the macula of the retina. We follow ZFA in including a grouping class for the macula of utricle and sacule
external definition
Patches of thickened, pseudostratified epithelium of the inner ear, consisting of regular arrays of sensory hair cells interspersed with supporting cells. Each patch has its own charcteristic shape and polarity pattern. (See Anatomical Atlas entry for sensory patches of the ear by T. Whitfield.)[TAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
acoustic maculae, acoustic macula
has relational adjective
macular
id
UBERON:0000054