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Cochlea

noun

(pl. cochleae, cochleas)

The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti.

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"Cochlea" Quotes from Famous Books

... of internal ear.* The illustration represents the structures of the internal ear surrounded by a thin layer of bone. 1. Vestibule. 2. Cochlea. 3. Semicircular canals. 4. ...

— Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools • Francis M. Walters, A.M.

... that the elaborate and very interesting researches of the Marquis Corti, which have revealed such singular complexity of structure in the cochlea of the ear, had done more to clear up its doubtful physiology; but I am afraid we have nothing but hypotheses for the special part it plays in the act of hearing, and that we must say the same respecting the ...

— Medical Essays • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Words linked to "Cochlea" : modiolus, organ of Corti, internal ear, inner ear, labyrinth, basilar membrane, tube, tube-shaped structure