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Also known as equilibrioception system, vestibular organ system, vestibulomotor system

sensory system

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Instance of
organ system
Part of
audiology
Image
Vestibular balance system.jpg
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Commons category
Challenges to physical balance
topic's main category
Category:Vestibular system
studied by
otology
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Encyclopedic overview

Human vestibular system of the semicircular canals in the inner ear

The vestibular system, in vertebrates, is a sensory system that creates the sense of balance and spatial orientation for the function of coordinating movement with balance. Together with the cochlea, a part of the auditory system, it constitutes the labyrinth of the inner ear in most mammals.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vestibular system” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.