utricle

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Utriculus (Latin for 'small bag', 'tube') stands for

  • part of the vertebrate organ of equilibrium, see the utriculus organ of equilibrium
  • the tubular, overgrown front or cover leaf that occurs in some types of plants and envelops a pitcher, see fruit hose
  • the prostatic utriculus , the remnant of the embryonic Müller's duct in men
  • the Utriculus masculinus , same in mammals


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