File:Balance Disorder Illustration B.png

Summary

Descriptions of how the otolith organs (pictured here) of the inner ear enable humans and other animals to sense gravitation and acceleration are at Otolith, at Equilibrioception and at Vestibular system. What enables humans and other animals to keep themselves balanced is their brain's comparison of information from the vestibular system (which is comprised of three semicircular canals and two otolith organs in each ear), the visual system and the proprioceptive system.

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Public domain This image is a work of the National Institutes of Health, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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