Usually means: Supports hair cells, sound transduction.
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  1. basilar membrane: Merriam-Webster
  2. basilar membrane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. basilar membrane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. basilar membrane: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. Basilar membrane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Basilar membrane: Lexicon of Linguistics

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  1. basilar membrane: Encyclopedia

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  1. basilar membrane: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Basilar membrane)

noun:  The basilar membrane is a stiff structural element within the cochlea of the inner ear which separates two liquid-filled tubes that run along the coil of the cochlea, the scala media and the scala tympani.


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