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 ]
Synonyms: spiral cochlear ligament spiral ligament of cochlear duct spiral ligament of cochlea ligamentum spirale ductus cochlearis
Term information
- SCTID:279840005
- UMLS:C0229477
- Wikipedia:Spiral_ligament
- BIRNLEX:2524
- MA:0001192
- EMAPA:35798
- FMA:77834
- MESH:D055493
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Term relations
- nonskeletal ligament
- ectoderm-derived structure
- cellular anatomical structure
- has part some otic fibrocyte
- part of some cochlear duct of membranous labyrinth
- attached to some cochlear canal