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nounthe snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Cortitype of:part of:
Definition that contains cochlea
- stirrup the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
- stapes the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
- cochlear of or relating to the cochlea of the ear
- fenestra of the cochlea fenestra leading into the cochlea
- medial geniculate body a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
- vena canaliculi cochleae vein of the cochlear canal
- corpus geniculatum mediale a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
- fenestra rotunda fenestra leading into the cochlea
- membranous labyrinth the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth
- vestibulocochlear nerve a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea