cochlea

     

The cochlea is the auitory portion of the inner ear. Its core component 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 the cochlea.

Trivia about cochlea

  • The true organ of hearing is housed in this spiral-shaped structure of the inner ear
  • The name of this snail-shell-shaped part of the inner ear is from the Latin for "snail shell"
  • Listen up! Your actual organ of hearing is located in this snail-shaped part of the inner ear
  • This coiled part of the inner ear that's concerned with hearing contains the organ of Corti
  • The organ of corti in this snail-like structure of the inner ear contains the true receptors of sound
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) Deriving its name from the Greek word for snail, this structure contains the actual organ of hearing

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