UTRICLE

SACCULE * Vertical Endolymph

Linear
Acceleration "otoconia" "otoliths"
* Frequency *CaCO3 Crystals
vibrations otolithic membrane
1.) Linear Floor Wall
acceleration With hair cells With hair cells Type I
in the pointing up pointing out
Hair cells
horizontal Type II
axis Semicircular
canals Vestibular dark cells
2.) Head tilt
Supporting cells Head is stationary
the AP’s are constant

UTRICLE
SACCULE
Head Nods Forward
AP’s

Cochlea

++++++ Hyperpolarize Head Nods Backward

++++++
Depolarize
a ’ s
a r p i o n
Outer bony c
Sgang l
labyrinth Inner membranous or no AP’s
Aspartate
labyrinth
l a r Calyx
i b u i o n
e s tn g l Glutamate
Special V g a
Vestibule Saccule & UTRICLE Detector
maculae
Perilymph Endolymph

Special Senses | Vestibule | Maculae: Utricle & Saccule