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Sense Organs > Ear > Ear, Inner > Cochlea > Spiral Ligament of Cochlea
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Preferred term

Spiral Ligament of Cochlea  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ligament, Spiral
  • Ligaments, Spiral
  • Spiral Ligament
  • Spiral Ligaments

Scope note

  • A spiral thickening of the fibrous lining of the cochlear wall. Spiral ligament secures the membranous COCHLEAR DUCT to the bony spiral canal of the COCHLEA. Its spiral ligament fibrocytes function in conjunction with the STRIA VASCULARIS to mediate cochlear ion homeostasis.

History note

  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055493

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