Reissner membrane

vestibular surface of cochlear duct

[TA]

the membrane separating the cochlear duct from the vestibular canal; it consists of squamous epithelial cells with microvilli toward the ductus, a basement membrane, and a thin layer of connective tissue toward the scala.

ves·tib·u·lar mem·brane

(ves-tib'yū-lăr mem'brān)

That which separates the cochlear duct from the vestibular canal; it consists of squamous epithelial cells with microvilli toward the ductus, a basement membrane, and a thin layer of connective tissue toward the scala. Synonym(s): Reissner membrane.

Reissner membrane

(rīs′nĕr)

[Ernst Reissner, Ger. anatomist, 1824–1878]

A delicate membrane separating the cochlear canal from the scala vestibuli.

Reissner,

Ernst, German anatomist, 1824-1878.

Reissner fiber - a rodlike, highly refractive fiber running caudally from the subcommissural organ throughout the length of the central canal of the brainstem and spinal cord.

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