Synonym for scala vestibuli ... 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) ... 
Type: Term Synonyms: scala vestibuli
The upper perilymph-filled canal inside the bony cochlea of the inner ear; the vestibular canal is connected to the lower perilymph-filled canal, the tympanic canal, at one end. Pressure waves in the perilymph of the two canals are transmitted to the endolymph of the cochlear duct between them, setting the (in birds) basilar papilla in motion and s...