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.
Synonyms: Acoustic Maculas, Acoustic Maculae, Macula, Acoustic, Maculas, Acoustic, Maculae, Acoustic, Acoustic Macula
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use ACOUSTIC MACULAE to search MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94 ,95; was MACULAE, ACOUSTIC 1979-94 (see under SACCULE AND UTRICLE 1983-90, see under LABYRINTH 1979-82)
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