There are three chambers in the cochlea. Each of these is full of fluid and separated from the others by membranes. The uppermost layer is the scala vestibule and is filled with perilymph fluid. The bottom chamber, the scala tympani, is filled with this same liquid and covered by a secondary tympanic membrane (eardrum). The middle chamber, the scala media or cochlea duct, contains endolymph fluid.

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