Preferred Label : Hensen stripe;
Uberon definition : The dark, nonstriated, V-shaped band (ridge) found on the underside of the tectorial
membrane in the basal region of the cochlea, from which fine gelatinous trabeculae
extend to fix the TM to the border cells, i.e. cells directly adjacent to the inner
phalangeal cells.;
Uberon synonym : Hensen's stripe;
Uberon Structure note : Hensen's stripe is continuous with a more external homogeneous basal layer, from which
a marginal band of an amorphous substance originates; the marginal net extends from
the marginal band and attaches the lateral border of the TM to Hensen's cells of the
organ of Corti. Hensen's stripe and the homogeneous basal layers display interruptions
through which the fibrillar structure of the TM is visible;
Origin ID : 0035806;
adjacent to
- part of
The dark, nonstriated, V-shaped band (ridge) found on the underside of the tectorial
membrane in the basal region of the cochlea, from which fine gelatinous trabeculae
extend to fix the TM to the border cells, i.e. cells directly adjacent to the inner
phalangeal cells.
