Cupula
# 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
* Cupula of the pleura, related to the lungs
* The cervical parietal 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
* Suprapleural membrane
