Medical term:
sacculi
sacculus
[sak´u-lus] (pl. sac´culi) (L.)saccule.
sacculus laryn´gis a diverticulum extending upward from the front of the ventricle of the larynx.
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sac·cule
(sak'yūl),1. The smaller of the two membranous sacs in the vestibule of the labyrinth, lying in the spheric recess; it is connected with the cochlear duct by a very short tube, the ductus reuniens, and with the utriculus by the beginning of the endolymphatic sac and the utriculosaccularis duct that joins it.
2. The immense bag-shaped structure formed by peptidoglycans as part of the cell wall of certain microorganisms.
Synonym(s): sacculus [TA], sacculus proprius, sacculus vestibuli
[L. sacculus]
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sac·cule
(sak'yūl)1. The smaller of the two membranous sacs in the vestibule of the labyrinth, lying in the spheric recess; connected with the cochlear duct by a very short tube, the ductus reuniens, and with the utriculus by the beginning of the ductus endolymphaticus and the ductus utriculosaccularis that joins it.
2. The immense, bag-shaped structure formed by peptidoglycans as part of the cell wall of certain microorganisms.
Synonym(s): sacculus [TA] .
Synonym(s): sacculus [TA] .
[L. sacculus]
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