Cupula

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A cupula is a small, inverted cup or dome-shaped cap over a structure, including:

  • Ampullary cupula, a structure in the vestibular system, providing the sense of spatial orientation
  • Cochlear cupula, a structure in the cochlea
  • Cupula of the pleura, related to the lungs
  • The cervical parietal pleura in the thorax
  • A layer in the otolith organs
  • The cupula optica, or optic cup, in embryological development of the eye
  • Cup-like structure fitted over the eye during electrophysiology study
  • Suprapleural membrane

See also

  • Cupola (disambiguation)
  • Copula (disambiguation)
  • Cupule (disambiguation)
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