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n. - The bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear.

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  • When, therefore, the perilymph is shaken it communicates the impulse to the fluid (endolymph) contained in the inner membranous bag.
  • The outer portion is surrounded by a membrane which serves as periosteum to the bone and, at the same time, holds the liquid belonging to this part, called the perilymph.
  • Every time the stirrup bone is pushed in and drawn out of the oval window, the watery fluid (the perilymph) in the vestibule and inner ear is set in motion more or less...
  • Spiral organ (organ of Corti) Basilar membrane (a) Scala vestibuli (contains perilymph)
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