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stria vascularis of cochlear duct
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The upper portion of the spiral ligament contains numerous capillary loops and small blood vessels, and is termed the stria vascularis. It produces endolymph for the scala media, one of the three fluid-filled compartments of the cochlea. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stria_vascularis ]
Term info
Label
stria vascularis of cochlear duct
Synonyms
- psalterial cord
- stria vascularis
- stria vascularis of cochlea
- vascular stripe of cochlear duct
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Cochlea-crosssection.png
external ontology notes
represented as a wall in FMA. MESH def implies part of spiral ligament but better represented as adjacency / overlaps
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
vascular stria of cochlear duct, stria vascularis ductus cochlearis
id
UBERON:0002282