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Definition of Fenestra ovalis

1. Noun. Fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it.

Medical Definition of Fenestra ovalis

1. An oval opening on the medial wall of the tympanic cavity leading into the vestibule, closed in life by the foot of the stapes. Synonym: fenestra of the vestibule, fenestra ovalis, oval window, vestibular window. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fenestra Ovalis

Literary usage of Fenestra ovalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The fenestra ovalis is a reniform opening leading from the tympanum into the ... It is situated below and rather behind the fenestra ovalis, from which it ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The fenestra ovalis is a reniform opening, leading from the tympanum into ... It is situated below and rather behind the fenestra ovalis, from which it is ..."

3. The Elements of Embryology by Michael Foster, Francis Maitland Balfour, Adam Sedgwick, Walter Heape (1883)
"The tympanic cavity is bounded on its inner aspect by the osseous investment of the internal ear, but at two points, known as the fenestra ovalis and ..."

4. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"The stapes will be drawn out of the fenestra ovalis. Note the small bony process on the caudal ... Fenestra cochlea ; fenestra ovalis s. Fenestra vestibuli. ..."

5. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"Beneath this opening, the exoccipital forms the posterior margin of the very large fenestra ovalis. The basioccipital forms the floor of the braincase ..."

6. The Order Microsauria by Pamela Gaskill, Robert Lynn Carroll (1978)
"Beneath this opening, the exoccipital forms the posterior margin of the very large fenestra ovalis. The basioccipital forms the floor of the braincase ..."

7. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"ARTICULATION OF THE STAPES WITH THE fenestra ovalis.—The margins of the oval window and the edges of the foot-plate of the stapes are covered with a thin ..."

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