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Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Scala Tympani
... > Body Regions > Head > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Scala Tympani

Preferred term

Scala Tympani  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • SCALA VESTIBULI is also available

Scope note

  • The lower chamber of the COCHLEA, extending from the round window to the helicotrema (the opening at the apex that connects the PERILYMPH-filled spaces of scala tympani and SCALA VESTIBULI).

History note

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012533

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