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cochlea
1. A spiral univalve shell; a snail-shell.
2. A screw; the water-screw of Archimedes.
3. The spiral cavity of the internal ear.
2. A screw; the water-screw of Archimedes.
3. The spiral cavity of the internal ear.
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(Greek: spiral shell, snail with a spiral shell; pertaining to the cochlea, the spiral tube in the inner ear)
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A small, rounded, recessed opening in the medial wall of the tympanic cavity, located behind and below the fenestra vestibuli, under cover of the projecting edge of the promontory and communicating with scala tympani of the cochlea from which it is separated by the secondary tympanic membrane.
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A vein of the internal ear draining the region of the round window, which drains into the vestibulocochlear vein.
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