What part of your body helps you keep your balance?

Different body systems work to keep you balanced. Signals from the inner ear combine with visual signals from the eyes, pressure sensors in the skin, and stretch sensors in the muscles to reveal the body’s position. The brain processes this and makes any adjustments to stop the body falling over.

Utricle and saccule

Inside the inner ear are two tiny organs that sense movements of the head in a straight line. The utricle detects forward and backward movement, and the saccule detects up-and-down movement.

Forward and backward movement, such as travelling in a car, is detected by the utricle. Up-and-down motion, such as riding in a lift, is sensed by the saccule.

 

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