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Both scala vestibuli and scala tympani are filled with .

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Cochlea consists of three fluid filled chambers known as- scala vestibuli, scala tympani and scala media. Both scala vestibuli and tympani are filled with perilymph. Whereas, scala media is filled with endolymph.

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