05326624-n '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';
 
Chinese (simplified) 耳蜗 , 蜗
English cochlea
Italian coclea , chiocciola
Japanese 蝸牛 , 蝸牛殻
Definitions
Japanese
コルチ器官によって音の震動が神経インパルスに変換される内耳のカタツムリ型の管
English
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
Relations
Hypernym: tube
Meronym–Part: basilar_membrane modiolus organ_of_corti
Holonym–Part: inner_ear
Semantic Field: bodyn
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