Cochlear ganglion
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
368955007
Cochlear ganglion
Definition
The group of nerve cell bodies that conveys auditory sensation from the organ of Corti to the hindbrain and resides on the cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve (eighth cranial nerve)[MP]. distributed to the hair cells of the spiral organ. The cochlear fibers arise in bipolar cells in the spiral ganglion in the modiolus.
Also known as cochlear part of vestibulocochlear ganglion, Corti's ganglion, ganglion of Corti, spiral ganglion, vestibulocochlear VIII ganglion cochlear component — per UBERON
The Cochlear ganglion is a part of the Nervous.