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Spiral bony inner-ear structure. Winds around modiolus. Contains cochlear duct.
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Cochlea: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
Image: OpenStax College · Source / original · CC BY 4.0Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.
Cochlea
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Contains the sensory apparatus for hearing.
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How to recognise it.
- Spiral bony inner-ear structure
- Winds around modiolus
- Contains cochlear duct
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Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.
01Identify cochlea and give its main role.+
Spiral bony inner-ear structure. Winds around modiolus. Contains cochlear duct. Contains the sensory apparatus for hearing.
02Where is the organ of Corti?+
On the basilar membrane within the cochlear duct; sensory hair cells interact with the tectorial-membrane apparatus.
03Compare its fluid compartments.+
Scala vestibuli and scala tympani contain perilymph. Cochlear duct contains potassium-rich endolymph.
04Point out three important relations and explain their significance.+
Scala vestibuli; Cochlear duct; Scala tympani. Contains the sensory apparatus for hearing. Use the reference plate to locate the region; the relationship map organises the associations and is not drawn to scale.
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