Cupula

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

• Ampullary cupula, a structure in the vestibular system, providing the sense of spatial orientation.
• Cochlear cupula, a structure in the cochlea.
• A structure surrounding hair cell receptors sensitive to hydrodynamic flow in fish.
• The cervical pleura in the thorax.
• A layer in the otolith organs.
• The cupula optica, or optic cup, in embryological development of the eye.
• Cup-like structure fitted over the eye during electrophysiology study.
• Cupola, the spherical domes atop churches and other structures

See also

• Copula (disambiguation)
• Cupule (disambiguation)