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macula of saccule (medicine) and ectoscopy (medicine)


macula of saccule (medicine)


macula of saccule


The oval neuroepithelial sensory receptor in the anterior wall of the saccule; hair cells of the neuroepithelium support the statoconial membrane and have terminal arborizations of vestibular nerve fibres around their bodies.

Synonym: macula sacculi, saccular spot.


ectoscopy (medicine)


ectoscopy


An obsolete method of diagnosis of disease of any of the internal organs by a study of movements of the abdominal wall or thorax caused by phonation.

Origin: ecto-+ G. Skopeo, to examine