semicircular canal

collocation in English

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semicircular
adjective
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/sem.iˈsɜː.kjə.lər/us
/sem.iˈsɝː.kjə.lɚ/
shaped liked a ...
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canal
noun[C]
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/kəˈnæl/us
/kəˈnæl/
a long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area ...
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(Definition ofsemicircularandcanalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The hypothesis assumes that debris from the otolith organ becomes attached to the cupula of the posteriorsemicircularcanal.
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Presumably, movement of the debris in the posteriorsemicircularcanalwith normal walking is enough to trigger a sense of disequilibrium.
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These responses to body rotation could be interpreted when the hydrodynamic theory ofsemicircularcanalfunction was advanced in the 1870s.
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The roll test can determine whether the horizontalsemicircularcanalis involved.
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The direction of ocular movement is related to thesemicircularcanalthat is being stimulated.
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The temperature gradient provokes the stimulation of the horizontalsemicircularcanaland the consequent nystagmus.
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Eachsemicircularcanalhas a bulbed end, or enlarged portion, that contains hair cells.
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Its anterior and lateralsemicircularcanalsizes fall within the range for great apes.
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They are approximately orthogonal (right angles) to each other, and are called the "horizontal" (or "lateral"), the "anteriorsemicircularcanal" (or "superior") and the "posterior" (or "inferior")semicircularcanal.
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In rare cases, the crystals themselves can adhere to asemicircularcanalcupula rendering it heavier than the surrounding endolymph.
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The superior vestibular nerve is then reflected inferiorly from the ampullated end of the superiorsemicircularcanal.
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Absent reactive eye movement suggests vestibular weakness of the horizontalsemicircularcanalof the side being stimulated.
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Upbeating nystagmus indicates that the vertigo is present in the posteriorsemicircularcanalof the tested side.
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For some patients, this maneuver may not be indicated and a modification may be needed that also targets the posteriorsemicircularcanal.
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It involves a reorientation of the head to align the posteriorsemicircularcanal(at its entrance to the ampulla) with the direction of gravity.
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The vestibularsemicircularcanalfunction seems unchanged in weightlessness because the horizontal eye movements that compensated for head yaw rotation are not affected by spaceflight.
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Ewald is best remembered for his research of the vestibular system of the inner ear, largely involving experiments performed on thesemicircularcanalsystem of pigeons.
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In the 1950s many otologists began to use it in the fenestration operation, usually to perfect the opening of the fenestra in the lateralsemicircularcanal.
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Recent pathological findings also suggest that the displaced otoconia typically settle in the posteriorsemicircularcanalin the cupula of the ampulla and render it sensitive to gravity.
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As movements consist of rotations and translations, the vestibular system comprises two components: thesemicircularcanalsystem, which indicate rotational movements; and the otoliths, which indicate linear accelerations.
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The symptoms are caused by a thinning or complete absence of the part of the temporal bone overlying the superiorsemicircularcanalof the vestibular system.
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For example, genes involved in blood pressure regulation and the development of the inner earssemicircularcanalare highly methylated in humans, but not in the apes.
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