Cochlear Duct
"Cochlear Duct" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A spiral tube that is firmly suspended in the bony shell-shaped part of the cochlea. This ENDOLYMPH-filled cochlear duct begins at the vestibule and makes 2.5 turns around a core of spongy bone (the modiolus) thus dividing the PERILYMPH-filled spiral canal into two channels, the SCALA VESTIBULI and the SCALA TYMPANI.
| Descriptor ID |
D003053
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A09.246.631.246.292
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| Concept/Terms |
Cochlear Duct- Cochlear Duct
- Cochlear Ducts
- Duct, Cochlear
- Ducts, Cochlear
- Scala Media
- Media, Scala
- Medias, Scala
- Scala Medias
- Ductus Cochlearis
- Cochlearis, Ductus
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