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Definition of Basilar membrane
1. Noun. A membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti.
Medical Definition of Basilar membrane
1. A thin layer of tissue covered with mesothelial cells that separates the cochlea from the scala tympani in the ear. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basilar Membrane
Literary usage of Basilar membrane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Helmholtz, the great German physicist, called attention to the striking similarity
between the structure of the basilar membrane and the system of strings ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"It is this sheet which is called the basilar membrane (Figs. ... In its first,
more median part, the basilar membrane is a thin rigid sheet which, ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1892)
"The importance of the basilar membrane to previous investigators was due mainly,
... 5 and 7 show the basilar membrane of the Opossum and its component ..."
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