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auditory vesicle

noun

, Embryology.
  1. the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.

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The auditory vesicle in Mammalia is at first nearly spherical, and is imbedded in the mesoblast at the side of the hind-brain.

In all Vertebrata the auditory vesicle undergoes further changes of a complicated kind.

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