anatomical structure stria vascularis of cochlear duct http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Cochlea-crosssection.png BIRNLEX:2525 GAID:875 EMAPA:35827 CALOHA:TS-0982 FMA:77832 UMLS:C0229477 stria vascularis of cochlea vascular stripe of cochlear duct UBERON:0002282 MESH:D013316 EFO:0001644 Wikipedia:Stria_vascularis BTO:0001819 stria vascularis ductus cochlearis MA:0001198 The upper portion of the spiral ligament contains numerous capillary loops and small blood vessels, and is termed the stria vascularis. It produces endolymph for the scala media, one of the three fluid-filled compartments of the cochlea. [WP,unvetted]. represented as a wall in FMA. MESH def implies part of spiral ligament but better represented as adjacency / overlaps vascular stria of cochlear duct SCTID:279842002 stria vascularis psalterial cord