cochlea
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1. 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 (noun.body)
| part holonym | : | basilar membrane, |
| definition | : | a membrane in the cochlea that supports the organ of Corti (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | modiolus, |
| definition | : | the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | organ of corti, |
| definition | : | the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth, |
| definition | : | a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium (noun.body) |
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