Cochlea

System Sensory (Ear)
SNOMED CT 181187008

Cochlea

Definition

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].

Also known as cochlear part of bony labyrinth, lagena — per UBERON

The Cochlea is a part of the Sensory (Ear).

Also identified as