Scala vestibuli or vestibular duct is a perilymph-filled cavity inside the cochlea of the inner ear that conducts sound vibrations to the scala media. It is separated from the scala media by Reissner`s membrane and extends from the vestibule of the ear to the helicotrema where it joins scala tympani. ==Additional images== ...
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(from the article `ear, human`) ...spiral lamina, winds around the modiolus like the thread of a screw. It projects about halfway across the cochlear canal, partly dividing it into ... ...footplate, which impinges on the membrane covering the oval window in the bony plate of the inner ear. The action of the stapes transmits the ... ....
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The division of the spiral canal of the cochlea lying on the apical side of the spiral lamina and vestibular membrane. ... Synonym: vestibular canal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(ska´lә ves-tib´u-li) the part of the cochlea above the spiral lamina.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the division of the spiral canal of the cochlea lying on the apical side of the spiral lamina and vestibular membrane or of scala media. Synonyms: vestibular canal
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(vue-stib;yuu-le) The upper channel of the cochlea that is filled with perilymph.
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