English Explanatory Dictionary

Reissner's membrane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The thin membrane that separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the inner ear.

Word forms

Reissner's membrane Reissner's membranes

Etymology

Named after German anatomist Ernst Reissner (1824–1878).

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