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Definition of Fenestra cochleae
1. Noun. Fenestra leading into the cochlea.
Medical Definition of Fenestra cochleae
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 Cochleae
Literary usage of Fenestra cochleae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... fissure Labyrinthic wall Fenestra vestibuli fenestra cochleae Prominence of
facial canal Mastoid wall Tympanic antrum Pyramidal eminence Carotid wall ..."
2. Mammalian Anatomy: With Special Reference to the Cat by Alvin Davison, Frank Albert Stromsten (1917)
"A central prominence, the promontory, contains the fenestra cochleae opening ...
The apex of the promontory, mediad of the fenestra cochleae forms the wall ..."
3. On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton by Richard Owen (1848)
"This lower horizontal plate of the petrosal forms the upper wall of the ' fissura
lacera posterior,' and the lower wall of the ' fenestra cochleae': the ..."
4. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"Observe the fenestra cochleae. Now remove with the forceps the shelf, ... Note the
fenestra vestibuli and fenestra cochleae and the promontory (p. 34). ..."
5. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1914)
"With every inward movement of the membrana tympani and of the base of the stapes,
there is an outward movement of the membrane of the fenestra cochleae, ..."
6. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1805)
"As the membrane of the fenestra cochleae is exposed to the air contained within
the cavity of the tympanum, it appears adapted to receive such sounds as ..."
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