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cochlear duct; Lowenberg canal/scala
A spirally arranged membranous tube suspended within the cochlea, lying between the scala vestibuli & scala tympani. One end of the cochlear duct is closed; the other end communicates with the saccule through the ductus reuniens.
- contains endolymph.
General
ductus
cochlea
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.
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