Definitions for saccules

saccules sac·cule

Spelling: [sak-yool]
IPA: /ˈsæk yul/

Saccules is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 192 anagrams from letters in saccules (accelssu).

Definitions for saccules

noun

  1. Anatomy. the smaller of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear. Compare utricle (def 3).
  2. a little sac.

Origin of saccules

1830-40; Latin sacculus sacculus

Examples for saccules

Anteriorly the saccule communicates with the membranous cochlea or scala media by a short ductus reuniens (fig. 2, dr).

The sacs of the internal ear, known as the utricle and saccule, receive the impulses of the base of the stapes.

Subsequently constrictions appear in the vesicle marking off the saccule and utricle.

Word Value for saccules
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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