Associations to the word «Cochlea»

Wiktionary

COCHLEA, noun. (anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.

Dictionary definition

COCHLEA, 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.

Wise words

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