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fenestra ovalis

NOUN
  1. fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it

How To Use fenestra ovalis In A Sentence

  • It opened to the outer world through what is presumed to be a fenestra ovalis.
  • Displacement of bones obscures anatomical details, but the fenestra ovalis seems to be absent.
  • The stapes terminates at a well-defined fenestra ovalis, suggesting that the stapes was specialized for hearing.
  • The most posterior of these is the fenestra ovalis, while the anterior is the passage for cranial nerve VII.
  • Most of the basal plate has been eliminated to accommodate the increased size of the fenestra ovalis.
  • The stapes, or stirrup, has its end of an oval shape, which fits a small hole called fenestra ovalis, in that part of the ear called the labyrinth, or innermost chamber of the ear. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease
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