Download or read book The American Journal of Anatomy, 1915, Vol. 18 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles R. Bardeen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Anatomy, 1915, Vol. 18 Measurements Of both the fresh and the thus fixed tectorial mem branes gave an average length Of the membrane, in pigs at about term, Of mm. In width and thickness it was found to decrease gradually and evenly from its end at the apex of the cochlea, where it is much the largest, to the narrow and thin end of its basal coil, which ceases to project in width beyond the hair cells of the spiral organ. In the first or apical coil, the width Of the membrane was found to be such that its outer edge projects considerably beyond the outer hair cells Of the organ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.