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Cochlea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cochlear nerve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Location of the Cochlea ... The cochlea is part of the Inner Ear ... This figure shows the location of the cochlea with respect to the external ear canal. The cochlea is shown here as the blue spiral structure, which resembles a snail.
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The upper, spiral structure is the cochlea, the part of the ear that is responsible for hearing. The lower parts include the vestibule and the semi-circular canals, that are responsible for balance. ... 3D Reconstruction of the Helicotrema Fly through the cochlea...
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The inner ear structure called the cochlea is a snail-shell like structure divided into three fluid-filled parts. ... The cochlea has three fluid filled sections. The perilymph fluid in the canals differs from the endolymph fluid in the cochlear duct. The organ of Corti is the sensor of pressure variations.
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The cochlea looks like a spiral-shaped snail shell deep in your ear. ... The cochlea looks like a spiral-shaped snail shell deep in your ear. And it plays an important part in helping you hear: it changes sounds into nerve messages and sends them to your brain. After the eardrum takes in a sound, the sound gets turned into...
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