utricle

In those individuals, Balaban says, further tests implicated damage to the ear's otolith organs, the utricle and the saccule, key to sensing gravity.

The utricle and the saccule also have sensory hair cells that alert your brain when you have changed your position.

In two areas of the inner ear, the saccule and the utricle, are hairlike cells topped with structures called otoliths.

The membranous labyrinth consists of a vestibular portion formed by two small sac-like dilatations, called the saccule and the utricle, the latter of which communicates with the semicircular canals by five openings.

Sepals 5, united below in an indurated cup, enclosing the utricle.