auditory

(aw'dl-to-rl). Relating to the perception of sound, a. ar'tery, arteria auditiva, a branch of the basilar which accompanies the auditory nerve through the internal auditory meatus. a. canal', a. meatus, a. cells, columnar cells in the epithelium of the labyrinth and the organ of Corti. a. epithe'lium, the epithelium lining the labyrinth "where the filaments of the a. nerve are distributed, a. hairs, cilia on the free surface of the a. cells, a. mea'ttts, meatus acusticus, extemus and intemus. a. nerve, nervus acusticus. a. teeth, tooth-like projections in the floor of the scala media of the labyrinth, a. ver'tigo, Mteifere's* disease., a. ves'icle, otic vesicle, a vesicular structure in the embryo from which a part of the membranous labyrinth is developed.