Sulcus spiralis internus

Sulcus spiralis internus

Floor of ductus cochlearis.
Details
Latin Sulcus spiralis internus

Anatomical terminology

On the upper plate of that part of the lamina which is outside the vestibular membrane, the periosteum is thickened to form the spiral limbus, this ends externally in a concavity, the sulcus spiralis internus, which represents, on section, the form of the letter C.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.