Reissner's membrane

Reissner's membrane
Reissner's membrane Reiss"ner's mem"brane (r?s"n?rz m?m"br?n). [Named from E. Reissner, A German anatomist.] (Anat.) The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear. [1913 Webster]

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  • Reissner's membrane — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = paries vestibularis ductus cochlearis GraySubject = 232 GrayPage = 1054 Caption = Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the cochlea. (label is vestibular membrane ) Width = 300 Caption2 = Cross section of… …   Wikipedia

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  • Reissner's membrane — the membrane that separates the scala vestibuli and the scala media of the cochlea of the ear [Reissner (1824–78), German anatomist] …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • reissner's membrane — noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Ernst Reissner died 1878 German anatomist : a thin cellular membrane separating the vestibular and cochlear canals of the inner ear …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Reissner — Ernst, German anatomist, 1824–1878. See R. fiber, R. membrane …   Medical dictionary

  • Ernst Reissner — (September 24, 1824 ndash; September 16, 1878) was a Baltic German anatomist from Riga, Livonia. In 1851 he received his medical degree at the University of Dorpat (now known as the University of Tartu), and in 1855 became a professor of anatomy… …   Wikipedia

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