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OCR: AMPULLA HE AMPULLA is the bulge at one end of each semicircular canal. You have three semicircular canals in your inner ear which help you to keep your balance. Each ampulla contains sensory hair cells em bedded in jellylike mass called a cupula. When your head rotates, the fluid inside each semicircular canal pushes against the cupula. This stimulates the sensory hair cells to send nerve impulses to the brain. The messages tell your brain which way your head moving that your brain can keep your body balanced correctly MPUIIA cell