Utricles

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Utricles.

Are gravity receptors.
Contain calcified granules.
Contain hair cells.
Contain endolymph which communicates with that in semicircular canals and cochlea.
Can initiate reflex changes in muscle tone.

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2022-08-10

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A. True They respond to linear acceleration.

B. True The inertia of these otoliths enables utricles to respond to linear acceleration.

C. True These are stimulated by forces acting on the otoliths.

D. True They are all parts of the membranous labyrinth, filled with endolymph.

E. True Muscle tone is reflexly redistributed so that the body can withstand gravitational stresses

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