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Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the cochlea. (visible at far right when expanded, under latin name) |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |

|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" | |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"|Ductus cochlearis |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #232 ] |- class="hiddenStructure" |System |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Precursor |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[A09.246.631.246.292] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |} Scala media (or cochlear duct) is a endolymph filled cavity inside the cochlea, located in between the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli, separated by the basilar membrane and Reissner's membrane (the vestibular membrane) respectively.

Scala media houses the organ of Corti.

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