| Name: | inner ear | 
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| Synonyms: | ear, otic capsule, otocyst | 
| Definition: | The auditory (hearing) and vestibular (balance) organ of the fish, equivalent to the inner ear of amniotes. (See Anatomical Atlas entry for ear by T. Whitfield.) | 
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000217] | 
| Name: | epithelium | 
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| Definition: | Portion of tissue, that consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells connected to each other by cell junctions and which is underlain by a basal lamina. | 
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001486] |