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Reissner's membrane

Reiss′ner’s mem′brane

(r?s′n?rz m?m′br?n)

.

[Named from

E.

Reissner

, A German anatomist.]

(Anat.)

The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.