PHALANGES OF DEITERS
\fˈaland͡ʒɪz ɒv dˈe͡ɪtəz], \fˈalandʒɪz ɒv dˈeɪtəz], \f_ˈa_l_a_n_dʒ_ɪ_z ɒ_v d_ˈeɪ_t_ə_z]\
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Fiddle-shaped structures, probably cuticular in nature, united to each other, forming the lamina reticularis of the cochlea. Between them are intervals through which the hairs of the outer hair cells pass, and to each of them is attached the phalangeal process of the cells of Deiters.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Nearby Words
- phalangeal
- phalanger
- phalangeridae
- phalanges
- phalanges des doigts
- Phalanges of deiters
- phalangette
- phalangettien
- phalangial
- phalangian
- phalangid