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scala media
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the division of the spiral canal of the cochlea that contains the organ of Corti (the neuroepithelial receptor organ for hearing) [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1680563 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Term info
Label
scala media
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
comment
located in between the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli, separated by the basilar membrane and Reissner's membrane (the vestibular membrane) respectively. Scala media houses the organ of Corti. [Wikipedia:Scala_media]
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editor note
TODO - check cochlear duct vs cochlear aqueduct vs scala media
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
cochlear duct
id
UBERON:0002295
Term relations
Subclass of:
- foramen of skull
- perilymphatic channel
- contributes to morphology of some cochlea
- part of some cochlea
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