Term: anterior macula response to auditory stimulus
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Name: anterior macula
Synonyms: am, anterior sensory patch
Definition: Macula that is located in the developing anterior inner ear, and gives rise to the macula utricle. (See Anatomical Atlas entry for sensory patches of the ear by T. Whitfield.)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000168]
Name: response to auditory stimulus
Synonyms: response to sound, response to sound stimulus
Definition: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of an auditory stimulus.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0010996]    QuickGO    AmiGO