vestibular
IPA: vˈɛstɪbjuɫɝ
noun
- (education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building (or railway coach).
- (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the vestibule of the inner ear and the perception of body position, balance and movement.
- (dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.
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Examples of "vestibular" in Sentences
- They project to the vestibular nuclei.
- Experience from the vestibular system.
- It is also used for vestibular neuritis.
- Dopamine may accelerate vestibular compensation.
- Functional relations between the vestibular nsleep.
- It is homologous to the vestibular bulbs in females.
- The medial vestibular nucleus is one of the vestibular nuclei.
- Other training sessions involve what's called a vestibular chair.
- The vestibular nuclei are the cranial nuclei for the vestibular nerve.
- Acetylcholine and histamine are important in the vestibular apparatus.
- The vestibular nerve travels from the vestibular system of the inner ear.
- The useless relic of it passes through the wall of the petrous bone in the shape of a narrow canal, and is called the vestibular aqueduct.
- These tests are designed to spot inner-ear problems called vestibular dysfunction, which can throw off your sense of balance and make you dizzy.
- These tests are designed to spot inner-ear problems (called vestibular dysfunction), which can throw off your sense of balance and make you dizzy.
- Acoustic neuromas, also known as vestibular schwannomas, are non-cancerous, slow-growing tumors that form on the main nerve running from the inner ear to the brain.
- For all vertebrates, from the fish upward, these little organs in the vestibule represented a sense organ governing orientation in space, something which may be referred to as the vestibular sense.
- Those in the study who used cell phones for 11 years or more were no more likely to develop these tumors, known as vestibular schwannomas, than those who used cell phones for a shorter period or not at all.
- Robert Bárány dedicated the most important part of his scientific research to a study of the inner ear, particularly to that part of it which is innervated by the nervus vestibularis and is, therefore, known as the vestibular apparatus.
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