where specifically in the inner ear is the maculae found
in senses: Mechanical senses. ...of this basic design, responsible for detecting the direction of gravity, angular rotation, and sound waves. In the utricle and saccule of the inner ear there are patches of hair cells known as maculae. Within each maculae, the stereocilia are embedded in a gelatinous mass known as the otolithic membrane, which contains small stonelike calcium carbonate particles called otoconia.