Cochlea

Cochlea

The coiled structure within the inner ear where vibrations caused by sound are transduced into neural impulses.

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cochlea

Biology; Neuroscience

The coiled structure within the inner ear where vibrations caused by sound are transduced into neural impulses.

cochlea

Anatomy; Human body

Part of the inner ear that is shaped like a spiral and looks like a snail shell.

cochlea

Psychology; General psychology

The primary organ of hearing; a fluid-filled coiled tube located in the inner ear.

cochlea

Medical; Human genome

The part of the internal ear that is concerned with hearing. It forms the anterior part of the labyrinth, is conical, and is placed almost horizontally anterior to the vestibule.

cochlea

Health care; General

The portion of the inner ear that senses sound.

cochlea

Medical; Health care; Medicine

The part of the inner ear (labyrinth) that is concerned with hearing. It forms the anterior part of the labyrinth, as a snail-like structure that is situated almost horizontally ...

medial longitudinal fasciculus

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tract that carries excitatory projections from the abducens nucleus to the contralateral oculomotor nucleus; important in coordinating conjugate eye movements.

commissures

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tracts that cross the midline of the brain. See also anterior commissure.

postganglionic axons

Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that link visceral motor neurons in autonomic ganglia to their targets.

climbing fibers

Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that originate in the inferior olive, ascend through the inferior cerebellar peduncle, and make terminal arborizations that invest the dendritic tree of Purkinje cells.