loading...| Preferred Name |
vestibular system |
| Synonyms |
vestibulomotor system vestibular organ system vestibular system equilibrioception system |
| Definitions |
The sensory system for the sense of balance. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004681 |
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| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:361533001 Wikipedia:Vestibular_system FMA:7193 BTO:0003381 EMAPA:37986 NLXANAT:090819 |
| definition |
The sensory system for the sense of balance. |
| has_exact_synonym |
vestibular organ system vestibular system |
| has_narrow_synonym |
vestibulomotor system equilibrioception system |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0004681 |
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| label |
vestibular system |
| notation |
UBERON:0004681 |
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| prefLabel |
vestibular system |
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| UBPROP_0000001 |
The vestibular system, which contributes to our balance and our sense of spatial orientation, is the sensory system that provides the dominant input about movement and equilibrioception. Together with the cochlea, a part of the auditory system, it constitutes the labyrinth of the inner ear, situated in the vestibulum in the inner ear. As our movements consist of rotations and translations, the vestibular system comprises two components: the semicircular canal system, which indicate rotational movements; and the otoliths, which indicate linear accelerations. The vestibular system sends signals primarily to the neural structures that control our eye movements, and to the muscles that keep us upright. The projections to the former provide the anatomical basis of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, which is required for clear vision; and the projections to the muscles that control our posture are necessary to keep us upright[Wikipedia:Vestibular_system]. |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
FMA and NIF have no part information for this class. This is a GAT in FMA |
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