otolith

small calcium carbonate inner-ear vertebrates structure in the inner ear that aids in sensing gravity and motion
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q591800
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otolith

Summary

otolith is a class of anatomical entity[1]. otolith draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #168 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • otolith's image is recorded as Sebastes mentella-otolithes.jpg[3].
  • otolith's image is recorded as Argyrosomus regius Otolith.jpg[4].
  • otolith's image is recorded as Gadus morhua Otolith.jpg[5].
  • otolith's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[6].
  • otolith's GND ID is recorded as 4322192-0[7].
  • otolith's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85096060[8].
  • otolith's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 135125297[9].
  • otolith's subclass of is recorded as acellular anatomical structure[10].
  • otolith's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[11].
  • otolith's part of is recorded as utricle[12].
  • otolith's part of is recorded as saccule[13].
  • otolith's part of is recorded as otolith organ[14].
  • otolith's part of is recorded as otolithic membrane[15].
  • otolith's Commons category is recorded as Otoliths[16].
  • otolith's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 79176[17].
  • otolith's has part is recorded as calcium carbonate[18].
  • otolith's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06l5tl[19].
  • otolith's anatomical location is recorded as utricle[20].
  • otolith's anatomical location is recorded as saccule[21].
  • otolith's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A15.3.03.086[22].
  • otolith's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[23].
  • otolith's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 77826[24].
  • otolith's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/otolith[25].
  • otolith's UBERON ID is recorded as 0002280[26].
  • otolith's studied by is recorded as audiology[27].

Why It Matters

otolith draws 261 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #168 of 1,372).[2] otolith has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] otolith is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). otolith. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/otolith
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_otolith_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{otolith}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/otolith}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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