The spiral-shaped bony canal in the inner ear containing the hair cells that transduce sound. 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. [WP,modified]. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlea MP:0000031 ]
Synonyms: cochlear part of bony labyrinth
Term information
- XAO:0000197
- Wikipedia:Cochlea
- GAID:724
- ZFA:0000374
- FMA:60201
- CALOHA:TS-0151
- EV:0100363
- MESH:D003051
- BTO:0000267
- EFO:0000357
- MA:0000240
- EMAPA:17597
- VHOG:0000691
- NIFSTD_RETIRED:birnlex_883
- TAO:0000374
- MAT:0000144
- SCTID:181187008
- MIAA:0000144
- NCIT:C12395
- AAO:0000253
- BIRNLEX:1190
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core