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A small particle, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, found in the inner ear of vertebrates, being part of the balance sense.
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Examples of otolith in a Sentence
The process carrying the otolith outer side of a or concretion hk, formed by endoderm cells, is tentacle, two enclosed by an upgrowth forming the " vesicle," nerves run round which is not yet quite closed in at the top. the base of the (After Hertwig.) tentacle to it.
A single otolith is present as in the veliger embryos of Opisthobranchia.
The mouth is shown by the line surrounding the otolith (OT) in the centre.
The mouth is ventral, the otolith dorsal.
Where the sac is completely closed it generally contains no solid particles, but in a few Macrura a single otolith secreted by the walls of the sac is present.
These contain each a single concretionary otolith.
The first phase of Task 2 involved the development of a suitable methodology for carrying out whole otolith microchemistry.
The Leydigian or nuchal organ is supposed to be auditory and to contain an otolith.