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Cochlea

Cochlea Meaning & Definition
Cochlea Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cochlea?

[n] 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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See Also | basilar membrane | inner ear | internal ear | labyrinth | modiolus | organ of Corti | tube | tube-shaped structure

Cochlea In Webster's Dictionary

\Coch"le*a\, n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. ? a snail, fr. ? 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 {Ear}.

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