Maculae are the sensory spots in

Cochlea

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Ampullae

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Semicircular canals

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Sacculus

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Solution

The correct option is D Sacculus
The ear has two types of receptors phonoreceptors and statoreceptors. Macula sacculi or maculae is a thickening of the wall of the saccule, where the epithelium contains hair cells, that are stimulated by linear acceleration and deceleration and by gravity.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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Which one or more of the expressions in column II are appropriate for the items listed in column I? Write the correct matching pairs:

Column I	Column II
(i) The blind spot	(a) colour of the eye
(ii) the yellow spot	(b) shape of the lens
(iii) Ciliary muscle	(c) protective covering of the brain
(iv) Iris	(d) basic unit of brain
(v) Meninges	(e) free of rod cells
	(f) vitreous humour
	(g) centre of the retina
	(h) no sensory cells

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