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spiral ligament

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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. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/71 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_ligament ]

Term info

Label

spiral ligament

Synonyms
  • ligamentum spirale ductus cochlearis
  • spiral cochlear ligament
  • spiral ligament of cochlea
  • spiral ligament of cochlear duct
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
spiral cochlear ligament

latin term
ligamentum spirale ductus cochlearis [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_ligament ]

external ontology notes

this is not classified as a ligament in FMA

has alternative id

UBERON:0028186

id

UBERON:0006725