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Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Cochlear Aqueduct
... > Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Cochlear Aqueduct

Preferred term

Cochlear Aqueduct  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Duct, Perilymphatic
  • Ducts, Perilymphatic
  • Perilymphatic Duct
  • Perilymphatic Ducts

Note

  • do not confuse with COCHLEAR DUCT

Scope note

  • A fine channel that passes through the TEMPORAL BONE near the SCALA TYMPANI (the basilar turn of the cochlea). The cochlear aqueduct connects the PERILYMPH-filled bony labyrinth to the SUBARACHNOID SPACE.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under COCHLEA 1979-90

In other languages

  • simpukkakanava

    Finnish

  • aquaeductus cochleae
  • aqueductus cochleae
  • canaliculus cochlae
  • ductus perilymphaticus
  • simpukan kanava
  • Koklearakvedukt

    Swedish

  • Kokleär akvedukt

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003052

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