MeSH definition : A spiral tube that is firmly suspended in the bony shell-shaped part of the cochlea.
This ENDOLYMPH-filled cochlear duct begins at the vestibule and makes 2.5 turns around
a core of spongy bone (the modiolus) thus dividing the PERILYMPH-filled spiral canal
into two channels, the SCALA VESTIBULI and the SCALA TYMPANI.;
A spiral tube that is firmly suspended in the bony shell-shaped part of the cochlea.
This ENDOLYMPH-filled cochlear duct begins at the vestibule and makes 2.5 turns around
a core of spongy bone (the modiolus) thus dividing the PERILYMPH-filled spiral canal
into two channels, the SCALA VESTIBULI and the SCALA TYMPANI.