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, the scala media and the scala tympani (see figure). ==Structure== The basilar membrane is a pseudo-resonant structure that, like strings on an instrument, varies in width and stiffnes...
(from the article `ear, human`) ...at both ends—i.e., below the round window and at the apex. In cross section this duct resembles a right triangle (Figure 5). Its base is formed by ... Beneath the fibrillar layer of the basilar membrane is the acellular ground substance of the membrane. This layer is covered in turn by a single .....
A thin layer of tissue covered with mesothelial cells that separates the cochlea from the scala tympani in the ear. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... 
the lower boundary of the cochlear duct.
A thin layer of tissue covered with mesothelial cells that separates the cochlea from the scala tympani in the ear.
[n] - a membrane in the cochlea that supports the Organ of Corti
noun a membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti
A membrane in the cochlea that, when set into motion, stimulates hair cells that produce the neural effects of auditory stimulation.
A membrane in the inner ear that runs along the length of the cochlea.