spiral lamina

spiral lamina
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

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  • Osseous spiral lamina — Bone: Osseous spiral lamina The cochlea and vestibule, viewed from above. (Lamina spiralis ossea labeled at center top.) …   Wikipedia

  • lamina spiralis — lamina spi·ral·is spə ral əs, rāl n SPIRAL LAMINA …   Medical dictionary

  • lamina spiralis secundaria — [TA] secondary spiral lamina: a bony projection on the outer wall of the osseous spiral lamina in the lower part of the first turn of the cochlea …   Medical dictionary

  • lamina spiralis ossea — [TA] bony spiral lamina: a double plate of bone winding spirally around the modiolus and dividing the spiral canal of the cochlea incompletely into two parts, the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli; called also spiral plate …   Medical dictionary

  • lamina modioli — [TA] lamina of modiolus: a bony plate extending upward toward the cupula as a continuation of the modiolus and of the bony spiral lamina of the cochlea …   Medical dictionary

  • hamulus of spiral lamina — h. laminae spiralis …   Medical dictionary

  • bony spiral lamina — l. spiralis ossea …   Medical dictionary

  • osseous spiral lamina — l. spiralis ossea …   Medical dictionary

  • secondary spiral lamina — l. spiralis secundaria …   Medical dictionary

  • limbus of bony spiral lamina — l. spiralis …   Medical dictionary

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