A stiff structural element that separates two liquid-filled tubes that run along the coil of the cochlea, the scala media and the scala tympani[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilar_membrane ]
Synonyms: basilar membrane
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
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cross reference
- SCTID:362574003
- MESH:D001489
- BIRNLEX:2521
- EMAPA:35166
- MA:0001190
- Wikipedia:Basilar_membrane
- NCIT:C13179
- GAID:872
- UMLS:C0004816 (ncithesaurus:Basilar_Membrane)
- FMA:75706
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Organ_of_corti.svg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Cochlea-crosssection.png
Term relations
Subclass of:
- acellular membrane
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some cochlear duct of membranous labyrinth
- adjacent to some scala tympani
- adjacent to some scala media