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Basilar crest
Floor of cochlear duct
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Crista basilaris ductus cochlearis
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

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 in the public domain from page 1054 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Anatomy of hearing and balance

Tympanic cavity	Medial structures oval window round window secondary tympanic membrane prominence of facial canal promontory of tympanic cavity Posterior structures mastoid cells aditus to mastoid antrum pyramidal eminence
Ossicles	Malleus superior ligament lateral ligament anterior ligament Incus superior ligament posterior ligament Stapes annular ligament Muscles stapedius tensor tympani
Auditory tube / Eustachian tube	Torus tubarius

Labyrinths

General

Vestibule	Utricle macula Saccule macula Kinocilium Otolith Otolithic membrane Vestibular aqueduct endolymphatic duct endolymphatic sac Ductus reuniens
Semicircular canals	Superior Posterior Horizontal Ampullary cupula Ampullae crista ampullaris

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