A cupula is a small, inverted cup or dome-shaped cap over a structure, including: *

Ampullary cupula The ampullary cupula, or cupula, is a structure in the vestibular system, providing the sense of spatial orientation. The cupula is located within the ampullae of each of the three semicircular canals. Part of the crista ampullaris, the cupula h ...

, a structure in the vestibular system, providing the sense of spatial orientation *

Cochlear cupula The cochlear cupula is a structure in the cochlea The cochlea is the part of the inner ear involved in hearing. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in humans making 2.75 turns around its axis, the modiolus (cochlea), modiolus. ...

, a structure in the cochlea *

Cupula of the pleura The pleurae (: pleura) are the two flattened closed sacs filled with pleural fluid, each ensheathing each lung and lining their surrounding tissues, locally appearing as two opposing layers of serous membrane separating the lungs from the medias ...

, related to the lungs *The cervical

parietal pleura The pleurae (: pleura) are the two flattened closed sacs filled with pleural fluid, each ensheathing each lung and lining their surrounding tissues, locally appearing as two opposing layers of serous membrane separating the lungs from the medi ...

in the thorax *A layer in the

otolith organs An otolith (, ' ear + , ', a stone), also called otoconium, statolith, or statoconium, is a calcium carbonate structure in the saccule or utricle of the inner ear, specifically in the vestibular system of vertebrates. The saccule and utricle, i ...

* The ''cupula optica'', or optic cup, in embryological development of the eye * Cup-like structure fitted over the eye during

electrophysiology study A cardiac electrophysiology study (EP test or EP study) is a Invasiveness of surgical procedures, minimally invasive procedure using catheters introduced through a vein or artery to record electrical activity from within the heart. This electric ...

Suprapleural membrane The suprapleural membrane, eponymously known as Sibson's fascia, is a structure described in human anatomy. It is named for Francis Sibson. Anatomy It refers to a thickening of connective tissue that covers the apex of each human lung. It is an ...

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