Explanation and meaning of cochlea.

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cochlea

/'kɑkliə/

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noun
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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type of:
tube tube-shaped structure

part of:
inner ear labyrinth internal ear

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