spiral ligament

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006725

A spiral thickening of the fibrous lining of the cochlear wall. Spiral ligament secures the membranous cochlear duct to the bony spiral canal of the cochlea. Its spiral ligament fibrocytes function in conjunction with the stria vascularis to mediate cochlear ion homeostasis. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_ligament https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/71 ]

Synonyms: spiral cochlear ligament, spiral ligament of cochlear duct, spiral ligament of cochlea, ligamentum spirale ductus cochlearis

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UBPROP 0000012

this is not classified as a ligament in FMA

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UBERON:0028186

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UBERON:0006725

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Spiral ligament of cochlear duct

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