Basilar crest

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Basilar crest

Floor of cochlear duct
Latin	Crista basilaris ductus cochlearis
Gray's	subject #232 1054

The basilar crest lies within the cochlear duct in the inner ear. It gives attachment to the outer edge of the basilar membrane and is a spiral ligament that projects inward below as a triangular prominence.

References

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

Tympanic cavity	Labyrinthine wall/medial: Oval window Round window Secondary tympanic membrane Prominence of facial canal Promontory of tympanic cavity Membranous wall/lateral Mastoid wall/posterior: Mastoid cells Aditus to mastoid antrum Pyramidal eminence Carotid wall/anterior Tegmental wall/roof: Epitympanic recess Jugular wall/floor

Ossicles	Malleus (Neck of malleus, Superior ligament of malleus, Lateral ligament of malleus, Anterior ligament of malleus) Incus (Superior ligament of incus, Posterior ligament of incus) Stapes (Anular ligament of stapes)

Muscles	Stapedius Tensor tympani

Eustachian tube	Bony part of pharyngotympanic tube Cartilage of pharyngotympanic tube (Torus tubarius)

General cochlea	Scala vestibuli Helicotrema Scala tympani Modiolus Cochlear cupula

Perilymphatic space	Perilymph Cochlear aqueduct

Cochlear duct / scala media	Reissner's/vestibular membrane Basilar membrane Reticular membrane Endolymph Stria vascularis Spiral ligament Organ of Corti: Stereocilia Tectorial membrane Sulcus spiralis (externus, internus) Spiral limbus

Cells	Claudius cell Boettcher cell

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