modiolus

Noun
  1. The central conical bony pillar of the cochlea (synset 105330283)
    is a type of: bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
    is a part of: cochlea - the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti

Other Searches