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MeSH Heading: Acoustic Maculae
Tree Number(s): A09.246.300.909.625.125; A09.923.500.625.125
Unique ID: D008267
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008267
Scope Note: The sensory areas on the vertical wall of the saccule and in the floor of the utricle. The hair cells in the maculae are innervated by fibers of the VESTIBULAR NERVE.
Entry Term(s): Macula, Acoustic; Maculae, Acoustic
Previous Indexing: Labyrinth (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 95; was MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94 (see under SACCULE AND UTRICLE 1983-90, see under LABYRINTH 1979-82)
Online Note: use ACOUSTIC MACULAE to search MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94
History Note: 95; was MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94 (see under SACCULE AND UTRICLE 1983-90, see under LABYRINTH 1979-82)
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Acoustic Maculae MeSH Descriptor Data 2024