cochlear area
Definition: the area inferior to the transverse crest of the fundus of the internal acoustic meatus through which the filaments of the cochlear nerve pass to enter the cochlea; forms the base of the conic modiolus about which the cochlear canal spirals.
See: base of modiolus of cochlea
Synonym(s): area cochleaeTA
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