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Tissues > Membranes > Basement Membrane > Basilar Membrane
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Basilar Membrane
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Basilar Membrane
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Matrix > Basement Membrane > Basilar Membrane
Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Basilar Membrane
... > Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Basilar Membrane

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Basilar Membrane  

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Scope note

  • A basement membrane in the cochlea that supports the hair cells of the ORGAN OF CORTI, consisting keratin-like fibrils. It stretches from the SPIRAL LAMINA to the basilar crest. The movement of fluid in the cochlea, induced by sound, causes displacement of the basilar membrane and subsequent stimulation of the attached hair cells which transform the mechanical signal into neural activity.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under COCHLEA 1990; was see under LABYRINTH 1960-89

In other languages

  • tyvilevy

    Finnish

  • basilaarimembraani
  • lamina basilaris cochleae
  • lamina basilaris ductus cochlearis
  • membrana basilaris
  • simpukkatiehyen tyvilevy
  • Basilarmembran

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001489

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