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[edit]

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

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