You searched for:
“sacculi”
sacculus (s), sacculi (pl)
1. A little sac; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
2. The smaller of two membranous sacs in the vestibule of the inner ear.
3. A small sac of the membranous labyrinth occupying the spherical recess in the vestibule near the entrance of the scala vestibuli.
2. The smaller of two membranous sacs in the vestibule of the inner ear.
3. A small sac of the membranous labyrinth occupying the spherical recess in the vestibule near the entrance of the scala vestibuli.
This entry is located in the following units:
sacco-, sacc-, sacci- +
(page 2)
-ulus, -olus, -ulum, -ola
(page 3)
Word Entries containing the term:
“sacculi”
sacculi alveolares
Saclike spaces budding outward from the terminal ends of the alveolar ducts of the lung and comprising two or more alveoli (tiny air sacs within the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place).
This entry is located in the following unit:
sacco-, sacc-, sacci- +
(page 1)