| Phenotype: | otolith located in saccule, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | otolith |
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| Synonyms: | immature otolith, immature otoliths, statolith |
| Definition: | Portion of organism substance composed of calcium carbonate located in the otolith organ and positioned over a sensory macula; two form in each vesicle during the late segmentation period. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for otolith by T. Whitfield.) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001617] |
| Name: | located in |
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| Definition: | A spatial quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's location within another entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002261] |
| Name: | saccule |
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| Synonyms: | sacculus |
| Definition: | Otolith organ comprised of the macula saccule and sagitta. The lagena is part of the pars inferior. The saccule functions in the detection of sound and movement. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000428] |