plural of vestibular

Of or pertaining to a vestibule in a building. / (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).

(education) A competitive examination used by Brazilian universities to select students.

(anatomy) The oval window.

plural of vestibular window

plural of vestibular system

(zoology, anatomy) The sensory system of vertebrates that provides the brain with information about motion, head position, spatial orientation, and sense of balance.

plural of vestibular ganglion

(neuroanatomy) Any of four nuclei in the medulla oblongata on each side of the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain in which fibers of the vestibular nerve terminate.

(neuroanatomy) A branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve that consists of bipolar neurons with cell bodies collected in the vestibular ganglion, with peripheral processes passing to the semicircular canals, utricle, and saccule, and with central processes passing to the vestibular nuclei of the medulla oblongata.