Cochlea is spiral-shaped part of the inner ear. 耳蜗是内耳里螺旋状的部分。
Cochlea is spiral-shaped part of the inner ear. 耳蜗是内耳里螺旋状的部分。
We hear when the cochlea, in the inner ear, stimulates the auditory nerve. 当内耳中的耳蜗刺激听神经时,我们便可以听见声音。
cochlea cochleae
[ noun ] 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 <noun.body>
Cochlea \Coch"le*a\ (k[o^]k"l[-e]*[.a]), n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. kochli`as a snail, fr. ko`chlos a shellfish with a spiral shell.] (Anat.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See {Ear}.
The researchers discovered that when sensory cells within the bird cochlea are destroyed by loud noise, some chemical process causes the growth of new sensory cells, apparently restoring a key link in the hearing process.