basilar membrane (redirected from Basilor Membrane)

basilar membrane

n.

A membranous portion of the cochlea in the mammalian inner ear that supports the organ of Corti.

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basilar membrane - a membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti 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 tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants