Semicircular canals

Semicircular canals
The internal ear, with "semicircular ducts" at left
Inner ear illustration showing semicircular canal, hair cells, ampulla, cupula, vestibular nerve, & fluid
Details
Artery	stylomastoid artery, labyrinthine artery
Identifiers
Latin	canalis semicircularis
MeSH	D012665
TA98	A15.3.03.015
TA2	6954
FMA	60186
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

This article is one of a series documenting the anatomy of the
Human ear
Outer ear Auricle Ear canal
Middle ear Tympanic membrane Ossicles Malleus Incus Stapes
Inner ear Vestibules Utricle Saccule Cochlea Semicircular canals
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The semicircular canals or semicircular ducts are three semicircular, interconnected tubes located in the innermost part of each ear, the inner ear. The three canals are the horizontal, superior and posterior semicircular canals. [This section needs editing - different terms are used in diagram and later in the text.]