spiral lamina

noun

: a twisting shelf of bone which projects from the modiolus into the canal of the cochlea as it coils around the modiolus and to which the inner margin of the basilar membrane is attached

called also lamina spiralis

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“Spiral lamina.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/spiral%20lamina. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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