Back قوقعة (تشريح) Arabic İlbiz (orta qulaq) Azerbaijani Скрутак (унутранае вуха) BE-X-OLD Pužnica BS Còclea Catalan لوولپێچ CKB Hlemýžď (ucho) Czech Cochlea Welsh Hörschnecke German Kokleo (organo) Esperanto
| Cochlea | |
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 Cross section of the cochlea | |
Parts of the inner ear, showing the cochlea | |
| Details | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɒkliə, ˈkoʊkliə/[1] |
| Part of | Inner ear |
| System | Auditory system |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | cochlea |
| Greek | κοχλίας |
| MeSH | D003051 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1190 |
| TA98 | A15.3.03.025 |
| TA2 | 6964 |
| FMA | 60201 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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| This article is one of a series documenting the anatomy of the |
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The cochlea is the part of the inner ear involved in hearing. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the bony labyrinth, in humans making 2.75 turns around its axis, the modiolus.[2][3] A core component of the cochlea is the organ of Corti, the sensory organ of hearing, which is distributed along the partition separating the fluid chambers in the coiled tapered tube of the cochlea.
- ^ "cochlea". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
- ^ Anne M. Gilroy; Brian R. MacPherson; Lawrence M. Ross (2008). Atlas of anatomy. Thieme. p. 536. ISBN 978-1-60406-151-2.
- ^ Moore & Dalley (1999). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (4th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 974. ISBN 0-683-06141-0.