Spiral ligament

Spiral ligament
Floor of ductus cochlearis.
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Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum spirale ductus cochlearis
Dorlands /Elsevier	l_09/12493085
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.

Transverse section of the cochlear duct of a fetal cat.

Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the cochlea.

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