Across
- 2. scala vestibuli and scala tympani meet here
- 4. bulges out of the scala tympani
- 5. high in Sodium and is outside the membranous labyrinth: perilymph
- 9. fluid exists within the organ of corti
- 10. flask-shaped cells
- 13. divides the organ of Corti from the scala media
- 15. membrane sits above the organ of Corti
Down
- 1. run through the core of the modiolus
- 3. high in Potassium and within the membranous labyrinth
- 6. involved in motor control in the inner ear
- 7. has lots of blood supply and is the “battery” of the ear
- 8. shaped like a spiral lamp and projects laterally out of the modiolus
- 11. , known as the cochlear duct
- 12. pushes on the cochlea to compress the fluids
- 14. runs through the center of the cochlea