📚 noun • entry_id 56181
helicotrema
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helicotrema
The part of the cochlear labyrinth where the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli meet.
The lower tympanic scala begins at the crest of the cochlear fenestra and courses up spirally below the osseous spiral lamina, while the upper vestibular scala begins at the vestib…
These openings may be respectively named the cochlear and vestibular helicotremata, the latter being many degrees larger than the former; so that, should a fluid be poured into the…
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