The University of Chicago Header Logo

Vestibule, Labyrinth

"Vestibule, Labyrinth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
An oval, bony chamber of the inner ear, part of the bony labyrinth. It is continuous with bony COCHLEA anteriorly, and SEMICIRCULAR CANALS posteriorly. The vestibule contains two communicating sacs (utricle and saccule) of the balancing apparatus. The oval window on its lateral wall is occupied by the base of the STAPES of the MIDDLE EAR.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vestibule, Labyrinth" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vestibule, Labyrinth" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 35 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 1999
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.