Cochlear Fluid Space Areas, Lengths and Volumes

Fluid Spaces extracted from an MR scan of a Mouse Cochlea

Fluid Volumes Summary for the Mouse

Length (mm) Volume (ul)
Scala Vestibuli   (n=1)   3.98 0.30
Endolymphatic    
Space   (n=1)  
6.72 0.19
Scala Tympani   (n=1)   4.55 0.32

Scala Area as a function of distance

The Area / Distance data can be downloaded by clicking here

These data are made available for calculation purposes. The file gives scala area measurements in square mm for each 0.1 mm segment of the fluid space. Note that the fluid spaces are of different lengths and that the columns for shorter scalae are padded to the end with zeros.