organ of corti
Noun
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The hearing organ of the inner ear;
Contains receptors that respond to sound waves (synset 105330403)is a type of: organ of hearing - the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of soundhas: hair cell - a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Cortiis 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
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