otocyst


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o·to·cyst

 (ō′tə-sĭst′)
n.
1. The structure formed by invagination of the embryonic ectodermal tissue that develops into the inner ear.
2. A statocyst.

o′to·cys′tic adj.
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otocyst

(ˈəʊtəʊˌsɪst)
n
1. (Zoology) another name for statocyst
2. (Zoology) the embryonic structure in vertebrates that develops into the inner ear in the adult
ˌotoˈcystic adj
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o•to•cyst

(ˈoʊ tə sɪst)

n.
2. one of a pair of pouches that form in the front part of the embryo by the infolding of a thickened area of ectoderm.
[1875–80]
o`to•cys′tic, adj.
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After the development of the otic vesicle, the otocyst gives rise to the mature IE structures, including the vestibular system in the dorsal plane and the auditory system in the ventral plane.
The semicircular canals and their neural elements are derived from the two prominences of the otocyst, the horizontal and vertical canal pouches.
The fact that the cochlea and vestibule show no malformations suggests that the defect develops at a stage of development that is more advanced than the otocyst stage [5].
At E9.5, Pax2 was expressed throughout the epithelium of the otic otocyst, but it was more concentrated in the centro-medial area next to the neural tube.
Cocultures of mammalian stem cells with the chick otocyst and its stromal cells produced hair cell-like cells with stereocilia-like protrusions (Jeon et al.; Oshima et al., 2010).
In vertebrates, this organ is called an otocyst with an otolith or otoconia (Budelmann, 1988).
(1) The endolymphatic sac develops from the otocyst and lies between the internal auditory canal and sigmoid sinus.
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A rudimentary otocyst is used to define incomplete milimetric representations of the otic capsule (round or ovoid in shape) without an IAC (Figure 3).
[1,2] Should inner ear development be interrupted between the fourth and fifth weeks of gestation after differentiation of the auditory placode into the otocyst, but before division of the latter into the primordium of the cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals--a "common cavity" forms that has no internal architecture (figure).
The otocysts contain smaller otoliths, and they are irregular in shape; the heart tube is attached by a thin strand of cells to the pericardial wall; and blood cells pool on the ventral side of the embryo at the level of the hindbrain and along the length of the tail.