fenestra of the vestibule

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• fenestra of the vestibule — noun fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it • Syn: ↑fenestra ovalis, ↑fenestra vestibuli, ↑oval window • Hypernyms: ↑fenestra …   Useful english dictionary

• fenestra ovalis — noun fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it • Syn: ↑fenestra vestibuli, ↑oval window, ↑fenestra of the vestibule • Hypernyms: ↑fenestra * * * fenestra ovalis or fenestra rotunda noun ( …   Useful english dictionary

• fenestra vestibuli — noun fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it • Syn: ↑fenestra ovalis, ↑oval window, ↑fenestra of the vestibule • Hypernyms: ↑fenestra …   Useful english dictionary

• fenestra — 1. [TA] An anatomic aperture, often closed by a membrane. 2. An opening left in a plaster of Paris cast or other form of fixed dressing in order to permit access to a wound or inspection of the …   Medical dictionary

• fenestra — n. (in anatomy) an opening resembling a window. The fenestra ovalis (fenestra vestibuli) – the oval window – is the opening between the middle ear and the vestibule of the inner ear. It is closed by a membrane to which the stapes is attached. The …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Vestibule of the ear — Vestibulum and vestibule redirect here. For other uses, see Vestibule (disambiguation). Vestibule of the ear Chain of ossicles and their ligaments, seen from the front in a vertical, transverse section of the tympanum. (Vestibule visible at… …   Wikipedia

• fenestra vestibuli — fenestra ves·ti·bu·li ves tib yə lī n OVAL WINDOW * * * [TA] fenestra or window of vestibule: an oval opening in the internal ear, which is closed by the base of the stapes; called also f. ovalis, oval window, and vestibular window …   Medical dictionary

• window — 1. SYN: fenestra. 2. Any opening in space or time. 3. Radiology. A view especially contrived to accentuate tissue contrast. aortic w. obsolete term for a radiolucent region below the …   Medical dictionary

• oval window — noun fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it • Syn: ↑fenestra ovalis, ↑fenestra vestibuli, ↑fenestra of the vestibule • Hypernyms: ↑fenestra …   Useful english dictionary

• Ear — The hearing organ. There are three sections of the ear, according to the anatomy textbooks. They are the outer ear (the part we see along the sides of our head behind the temples), the middle ear, and the inner ear. But in terms of function, the… …   Medical dictionary

• Oval window — View of the inner wall of the tympanum. (label is fen. oval. black circle near top.) …   Wikipedia