MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does membranous labyrinth mean? 

• MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH (noun)
  The noun MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH has 1 sense:

1. the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth

  Familiarity information: MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("membranous labyrinth" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Meronyms (parts of "membranous labyrinth"):

utricle; utriculus (a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open)

saccule; sacculus (a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth))

Holonyms ("membranous labyrinth" is a part of...):

inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)

 Context examples 

The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.

(Perilymph, NCI Thesaurus)

The bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.

(Endolymph, NCI Thesaurus)