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vein of cochlear canaliculus

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vein of co·chle·ar can·a·lic·u·lus

vein that drains the basal turn of the cochlea, the sacculus, and part of the utriculus, and empties into the superior bulb of the jugular vein by accompanying the perilymphatic duct (cochlear aqueduct) through the cochlear canaliculus.
Synonym(s): vein of cochlear aqueduct, vena aqueductus cochleae, vena canaliculi cochleae
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vein of co·chle·ar can·a·lic·u·lus

(vān kok'lē-ăr kan'ă-lik'yū-lŭs)
Drains the cochlea, sacculus, and part of the utricles; empties into the superior bulb of the jugular vein by accompanying the perilymphatic duct through the cochlear canaliculus.
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