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stria vascularis of cochlear duct

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The upper portion of the spiral ligament contains numerous capillary loops and small blood vessels, and is termed the stria vascularis. It produces endolymph for the scala media, one of the three fluid-filled compartments of the cochlea. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stria_vascularis ]

Synonyms: vascular stripe of cochlear duct, stria vascularis of cochlea, psalterial cord, stria vascularis

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database cross reference
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uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000012

represented as a wall in FMA. MESH def implies part of spiral ligament but better represented as adjacency / overlaps

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Cochlea-crosssection.png

has related synonym

vascular stria of cochlear duct, stria vascularis ductus cochlearis

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UBERON:0002282

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Stria vascularis of cochlear duct