spiral canal of modiolus
Look at other dictionaries:
canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root … Medical dictionary
modiolus — 1. [tA] The central cone shaped core of spongy bone about which turns the spiral canal of the m.. 2. SYN: m. of angle of mouth. [L., the nave of a wheel] m. of angle of mouth [TA] a … Medical dictionary
Modiolus (cochlea) — Interior of right osseous labyrinth. (Modiolus not labeled, but is represented at the axis of the spiral of the cochlea at the right.) Gray s subj … Wikipedia
spiral lamina — n a twisting shelf of bone which projects from the modiolus into the canal of the cochlea as it coils around the modiolus and to which the inner margin of the basilar membrane is attached called also lamina spiralis … Medical dictionary
Osseous spiral lamina — Bone: Osseous spiral lamina The cochlea and vestibule, viewed from above. (Lamina spiralis ossea labeled at center top.) … Wikipedia
Semicircular canal — Exterior of labyrinth … Wikipedia
Ear canal — External acoustic meatus Anatomy of the human ear. Latin meatus acusticus externus Gray s … Wikipedia
canalis — SYN: canal. [L.] c. adductorius [TA] SYN: adductor canal. canales alveolares corporis maxillae [TA] SYN: alveolar canals of maxilla, under canal. c. analis [TA] SYN: anal canal. c. caroticus [TA] SYN: carotid canal. c. carpi [TA] SYN: carpal… … Medical dictionary
canalis spiralis modioli — [TA] spiral canal of modiolus: a canal following the course of the bony spiral lamina of the cochlea and containing the spiral ganglion of the cochlear division of the vestibulocochlear nerve. Called also Rosenthal canal … Medical dictionary
ear, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction organ of hearing and equilibrium that detects and analyzes noises by transduction (or the conversion of sound waves into electrochemical impulses) and maintains the sense of balance (equilibrium). The human ear, like … Universalium
