Assertion: inner ear's vestibule | /r/MadeOf | otolith
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text: Otoliths are important to the sense of equilibrium because information sensed by the vestibule (which contains the otoliths) regarding linear motion and head position is integrated with information about rotary motion of the head gained by the semicircular canals so that the brain can form a picture of what is happening to the animal's head, and by extension, to its body as a whole.