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labyrinth

n. in anatomy, the complex system of cavities, ducts, and canals within the temporal bone of the skull that makes up the inner ear. The bony (or osseous) labyrinth is a system of bony cavities that houses the membranous labyrinth, a membrane-lined system of ducts containing the receptors for hearing and balance.

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critical region

critical region

a range of values that may be obtained from a statistical procedure that would lead to rejecting a specific claim about a population. More specifically, it is the portion of a probability distribution containing the values for a test statistic that would result in rejection of a null hypothesis in favor of its corresponding alternative hypothesis. Also called rejection region. Compare acceptance region.