Definition of Fenestra of the cochlea

1. Noun. Fenestra leading into the cochlea.

Exact synonyms: Fenestra Cochleae, Fenestra Rotunda, Round Window
Generic synonyms: Fenestra

Medical Definition of Fenestra of the cochlea

1. An opening on the medial wall of the middle ear leading into the cochlea, closed in life by the secondary tympanic membrane. Synonym: cochlear window, fenestra of the cochlea, fenestra rotunda, round window. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fenestra Of The Cochlea

fenders
fendier
fendiest
fendiline
fending
fending off
fendliche
fends
fends off
fendy
feneration
fenestella
fenestra
fenestra cochleae
fenestra nov-ovalis
fenestra of the cochlea (current term)
fenestra of the vestibule
fenestra ovalis
fenestra rotunda
fenestra vestibuli
fenestrae
fenestrals
fenestrane
fenestranes
fenestras
fenestrate
fenestrated
fenestrated capillary
fenestrated membrane

Literary usage of Fenestra of the cochlea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including the Anatomy of the Organ by Anton Friedrich Tröltsch, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1869)
"The fenestra rotunda, or fenestra of the cochlea, lies under the fenestra ovalis. This also, like the fenestra of the vestibule, has a niche, a bony canal i ..."

2. Laboratory Studies in Mammalian Anatomy by Whipple Wilder, Inez Whipple Wilder (1914)
"A second fenestra in the bony wall of the labyrinth, the fenestra of the cochlea, also opens into the cavum tympani beneath the fenestra vestibuli, ..."

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