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round window of inner ear

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002502

The opening on the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea, closed in life by the secondary tympanic membrane; serves to regulate fluid pressure in the inner ear. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0004480 ]

Synonyms: round window of petrous part of temporal bone, round window

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Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Gray911.png

has related synonym

cochlear window, fenestra cochleae, fenestra rotunda

id

UBERON:0002502

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Round window