| Cochlear duct | |
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| Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the cochlea. (visible at far right under latin name ductus cochlearis) | |
| Latin | ductus cochlearis |
| Gray's | subject #232 1054 |
| MeSH | Cochlear+Duct |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | d_29/12314784 |
The cochlear duct (or scala media) is an endolymph filled cavity inside the cochlea, located in between the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli, separated by the basilar membrane and Reissner's membrane (the vestibular membrane) respectively. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. the Peripheral organs of the Special senses the organs of Taste ( Peripheral gustatory or Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group Endolymph is the fluid contained in the Membranous labyrinth of the Inner ear. The cochlea is the auditory portion of the Inner ear. Its core component is the Organ of Corti, the sensory organ of hearing, which is distributed along Scala tympani is one of the Perilymph -filled cavities in the Cochlear labyrinth. Scala vestibuli is a Perilymph filled cavity inside the Cochlea of the Inner ear. The basilar membrane within the Cochlea of the Inner ear is a stiff structural element that separates two liquid-filled tubes that run along the coil of the cochlea Reissner's membrane ( vestibular membrane, vestibular wall) is a membrane inside the Cochlea of the Inner ear.
Scala media houses the organ of Corti. The organ of Corti (or spiral organ) is the organ in the Inner ear of Mammals that contains auditory sensory cells or " Hair cells "
Additional images
 Transverse section of the cochlear duct of a fetal cat. |
 The membranous labyrinth. |
 Floor of ductus cochlearis. |
 Cross section of the cochlea. |
External links
- cochlear+duct at eMedicine Dictionary
- Presentation at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Cross section at avatar. eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996 by Scott Plantz and Richard Lavely two medical doctors Virginia Commonwealth University, or VCU, is a large public American research University with its main campuses located in downtown Richmond, com. au
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