organ of corti

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1. the hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves (noun.body)

hypernym	:	organ of hearing,
definition	:	the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound (noun.body)

part holonym	:	hair cell,
definition	:	a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti (noun.body)

part meronym	:	cochlea,
definition	:	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)