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      • semicircular canal morphology trait

    • crista ampullaris morphology trait   VT:0004249   (1)
    Definition: Any measurable or observable characteristic related to the shape, structure, color or pattern of the elevation found on the inner surface of the ampullae of each semicircular duct; filaments of the vestibular nerve pass through the crista to reach hair cells on its surface; the hair cells are capped by the cupula, a gelatinous protein-polysaccharide mass. [MP:0004249, PMID:10655058];
      (No descendants that are mapped to MPD data)



    MP:0004249 (abnormal crista ampullaris morphology) is numbered similarly to VT:0004249 but is over in the MP ontology (semantics may or may not be similar).

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