perilymph (Cotunnius liquid)

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Introduction

The fluid contained within the osseus labyrinth, surrounding & protecting the membranous labyrinth.

  • resembles extracellular fluid in composition, sodium salts being the predominate positive electrolyte

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.