Basilar crest

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Basilar crest
Floor of ductus cochlearis.
Latin crista basilaris ductus cochlearis
Gray's subject #232 1054
Dorlands/Elsevier c_62/12266562

The spiral ligament projects inward below as a triangular prominence, the basilar crest, which gives attachment to the outer edge of the basilar membrane.

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