saccule

A small sac.

The smaller of two membranous sacs in the vestibule of the inner ear.

A sac or cyst; especially, a little sac; a cell; a sacculus. Specifically

In anatomy, the smaller of two sacs in the vestibule of the membranous labyrinth of the ear, situated in the fovea hemispherica, in front of the utricle, connected with the membranous canal of the cochlea by the canalis reuniens, and prolonged in the aquæductus vestibuli to a pyriform dilatation, the saccus endolymphaticus.

Synonyms See sac.

A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.

The smallest chamber of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.

a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the membranous labyrinth)