Medical Definition of Organum spirale

1. A prominent ridge of highly specialised epithelium in the floor of the cochlear duct overlying the basilar membrane of cochlea, containing one inner row and three outer rows of hair cells, or cells of Corti (the auditory receptor cells innervated by the cochlear nerve) supported by various columnar cells: the pillars of Corti, cells of Hensen, and cells of Claudius; the spiral organ is partly overhung by an awning-like shelf, the tectorial membrane, the free marginal zone of which is covered by a gelatinous substance in which the stereocilia of the outer hair cells are embedded. Synonym: organum spirale, acoustic papilla, Corti's organ. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Organum Spirale

organoxenon
organoytterbium
organoyttrium
organozinc
organozirconium
organs
organs of Zuckerkandl
organs of state
organular
organule
organules
organum
organum auditus
organum gustus
organum olfactus
organum spirale (current term)
organum tactus
organum triplum
organum vestibulocochleare
organum visus
organum vomeronasale
organums
organy
organyl
organyls
organza
organzas
organzine
organzines

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