Spiral ligament

Spiral ligament
	Floor of ductus cochlearis.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum spirale ductus cochlearis
MeSH	D055493
TA	A15.3.03.099
FMA	77834
	Anatomical terminology

The periosteum, forming the outer wall of the ductus cochlearis, is greatly thickened and altered in character, and is called the spiral ligament.

Additional images

Transverse section of the cochlear duct of a fetal cat.
Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the cochlea.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1054 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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