Within each maculae, the stereocilia are embedded in a gelatinous mass known as the otolithic membrane, which contains small stonelike calcium carbonate particles called otoconia. |
The two quarrelers were given citations for disturbing the peace and fighting in public, according to Officer Maculae. |
These maculae will be found by the touch to be slightly elevated, although they seem level to the eye. |
In the utricle and saccule of the inner ear there are patches of hair cells known as maculae. |
Here, the only force acting on his otolithic membranes is the force of gravity, and the positions of those membranes on their maculae signal accurately that down is toward the floor of the aircraft. |
The maculae consist of rather shapeless compartments known as the sacculus and utriculus. |