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cochlea

Noun

coch=le=a

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cochlea(n = noun.body) - 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;

has parts: basilar membrane, modiolus, organ of corti

is a part of inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth

cochlea, n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. kochli`as a snail, fr. ko`chlos a shellfish with a spiral shell.].

An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear. [1913 Webster]

cochlea, n. (pl. cochleae) the spiral cavity of the internal ear.

Derivative

cochlear adj.

Etymology

L, = snail-shell, f. Gk kokhlias