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).