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  • n  a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)

  • He as found that there are five theories for its causation: 1) the labyrinthine (the ear contains two tiny sacs, the utricle and the saccule, and three semicircular canals .
  • But it is the utricle that responds to acceleration, and the saccule to deceleration.
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