Vestibular duct
{{Short description|Space through which sound is transmitted}}
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| Latin = scala vestibuli
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The vestibular duct or scala vestibuli is a perilymph-filled cavity inside the cochlea of the inner ear that conducts sound vibrations to the cochlear duct.{{Cite web |date=13 February 2017 |title=Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts (EVA) & Hearing Loss |url=https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/enlarged-vestibular-aqueducts-and-childhood-hearing-loss#va |access-date=6 November 2024 |website=National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) |language=en}}
It is separated from the cochlear duct by Reissner's membrane and extends from the vestibule of the ear to the helicotrema where it joins the tympanic duct.
Additional images
Image:Gray923.png|The cochlea and vestibule, viewed from above.
Image:Gray903.png|Transverse section of the cochlear duct of a fetal cat.
Image:Right_osseous_labyrinth_interior_svg_hariadhi.svg|Interior of right osseous labyrinth.
Image:Gray928.png|Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the cochlea.
See also
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internal websites
- [http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/eye_ear/ear03.htm Slide] from University of Kansas
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070308152300/http://anatomy.iupui.edu/courses/histo_D502/D502f04/lecture.f04/Earf04/cochlea.jpg Diagram] at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- [http://faculty.une.edu/com/abell/histo/cochleaw.jpg Image] at University of New England (United States)
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