| fenestra cochleae | An opening on the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea, closed in life by the secondary tympanic membrane. Synonym: cochlear window, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| fenestra | Origin: L, a window. <anatomy> A small opening; especially, one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fenestra nov-ovalis | Artificial opening through the otic capsule of the lateral saemicircular canal, connecting the membranous labyrinth with the mastoid cavity produced during fenestration surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fenestra of the cochlea | An opening on the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea, closed in life by the secondary tympanic membrane. Synonym: cochlear window, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fenestra of the vestibule | An oval opening on the medial wall of the tympanic cavity leading into the vestibule, closed in life by the foot of the stapes. Synonym: fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, oval window, vestibular window. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fenestra ovalis | An oval opening on the medial wall of the tympanic cavity leading into the vestibule, closed in life by the foot of the stapes. Synonym: fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, oval window, vestibular window. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fenestra rotunda | An opening on the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea, closed in life by the secondary tympanic membrane. Synonym: cochlear window, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fenestra vestibuli | An oval opening on the medial wall of the tympanic cavity leading into the vestibule, closed in life by the foot of the stapes. Synonym: fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, oval window, vestibular window. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apertura externa canaliculi cochleae | The external opening of the cochlear aqueduct on the temporal bone medial to the jugular fossa. Synonym: apertura externa canaliculi cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aqueductus cochleae | A fine canal connecting the perilymphatic space of the cochlea with the subarachnoid space. Synonym: ductus perilymphaticus, aqueductus cochleae, cochlear aqueduct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| area cochleae | The area inferior to the transverse crest of the fundus of the internal acoustic meatus through which the filaments of the cochlear nerve pass to enter the cochlea; forms the base of the cone-shaped modiolus about which the cochlear canal spirals. See: base of modiolus. Synonym: area cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basis cochleae | The enlarged part of the cochlea that is directed posteriorly and medially and lies close to the internal acoustic meatus. Synonym: basis cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canaliculus cochleae | A minute canal in the temporal bone that passes from the cochlea inferiorly to open in front of the medial side of the jugular fossa. It contains the perilymphatic duct. Synonym: canaliculus cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| canalis spiralis cochleae | The winding tube of the bony labyrinth which makes two and a half turns about the modiolus of the cochlea; it is divided incompletely into two compartments by a winding shelf of bone, the bony spiral lamina. Synonym: canalis spiralis cochleae, Rosenthal's canal, spiral canal of cochlea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ganglion spirale cochleae | An elongated ganglion of bipolar sensory nerve cell bodies on the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve in the spiral canal of the modiolus; each ganglion cell gives rise to a peripheral process that passes between the layers of the bony spiral lamina to the organ of Corti, and a central axon that enters the hindbrain as a component of the inferior (cochlear) root of the eighth nerve. Synonym: ganglion spirale cochleae, auditory ganglion, cochlear ganglion, Corti's ganglion, spiral cochlear ganglion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena aqueductus cochleae | It drains the cochlea, sacculus, and part of the utricules, and empties into the superior bulb of the jugular vein by accompanying the perilymphatic duct through the cochlear canaliculus. Synonym: vena aqueductus cochleae, vein of cochlear aqueduct, vena canaliculi cochleae. (05 Mar 2000) |