Reichert's car'tilage

(ri'khert) [Karl Bogus law Reichert, Berlin anatomist, 1811-1884.] cartilage in the mesenchyme on the outer side of the primitive tjraipanum in the embryo, from which are developed the styloid proce es, the stylo hyoid ligaments, and the le er comua of the hyoid bone. R.'s coch'lear re'ce , a small area at the posterior portion of the pyramis vestibuli, perforated to give pa age to fibers which the cochlear branch of the auditory nerve sends to the posterior extremity of the cochlear canal. R.'s innom'inate sub's tance, the posterior part of the anterior perforated space. R.'s scar, a small area on the impregnated ovum, where decidual ti ue is absent, its place being taken by a fibrinous membrane formed from a blood-clot at its point of entrance into the mucous membrane.