1) Auditory system 2) Inner ear tube 3) Inner-ear cavity 4) Inner-ear tube 5) Internal-ear division 6) Organ of corti location 7) Part of the inner ear 8) Snail-shaped ear part 9) Snail-shaped membrane 10) Sound interpreter in the ear 11) Tube 12) Tube-shaped structure
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The cochlea ə is the auditory portion of the inner ear. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in humans making 2.5 turns around its axis, the modiolus. A core component of the cochlea is the Organ of Corti, the sensory organ of hearing, which is distributed along the partition separating fluid chambers in the coiled tapered tube of ...
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• (n.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.
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A snail-shaped, fluid-filled organ of the inner ear responsible for transducing motion into neurotransmission to produce an auditory sensation.
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A snail-shaped, fluid-filled organ of the inner ear responsible for converting sound into electrical potentials to produce an auditory sensation.
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Cutaway illustration of the cochlea The cochlea is the part of the inner ear which contains the organ concerned with the reception of sound and the analysis of pitch – the so-called organ of Corti. It is found in humans and other mammals, birds, and some reptiles (such as crocodiles). The...
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(kok´le-ә) anything of a spiral shape. a spiral tube shaped like a snail shell, which forms part of the inner ear and is the essential organ of hearing. It is filled with fluid and is connected with the middle ear by two membrane-covered openings, the oval window and the round window. Inside it is the orga...
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A spiral bone tube of the inner ear, which lies against the lateral end of the internal acoustic meatus. The cochlea ("snail") contains the auditory sensory structure.
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A rotating mechanism made of wood, and used to confuse attacking animals during a venatio.
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Coch'le·a (kŏk'le*ȧ) noun [ Latin , a snail, or snail shell, Greek kochli`as a snail, from ko`chlos a shellfish with a spiral shell.] (Anat.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See
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A spiral canal in the inner ear
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Cochlea: The cochlea is the part of the inner ear that converts mechanical energy (vibrations) into nerve impulses sent to the brain. It is also known as the organ of hearing. The cochlea is a small conical structure resembling a snail shell. The word 'cochlea' is a Latin word derived from the Greek 'kokhlos' designating the land snail. A coiled tu...
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(kok;le-ua) The organ of hearing in the inner ear where nerve impulses are generated in response to sound waves.
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Curled bone in the inner ear which contains the organ of Corti, the actual organ of hearing.
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cochlea A spiral univalve shell; a snail-shell. A screw. The water-screw of Archimedes The spiral cavity of the internal ear.
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Elongate, bony, structure of the inner ear that is concerned with hearing; it is part of the bony labyrinth and thus is filled with perilymph. It contains the vestibular canal and tympanic canal connected at one end and filled with perilymph, and the cochlear duct, which lies between them. In mammals, but not in birds, the cochlea is coiled like a ...
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a spiral shaped part of the inner ear
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A liquid filled part of the ear which helps with hearing and balance
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a coiled organ in the inner ear that plays a large role in hearing by picking up sound vibrations and transmitting them as electrical signals
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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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Part of the inner ear. It is equipped with approximately 10,000 hair cells, which move in response to sound waves and thus stimulate nerve cells to send messages to the brain. In this way they turn vibrations of the air into electrical signals
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Latin = snail, hence the spiral cochlea, adjective - cochlear.
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a spiral-shaped cavity forming a division of the internal ear in humans and in most other mammals. See diag. under
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Inner ear structure important for hearing.
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A coiled tunnel in the inner ear that is filled with fluid.
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