BASILAR MEMBRANE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("basilar membrane" is a kind of...):

membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)

Holonyms ("basilar membrane" is a part of...):

cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)

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