Cochlea

Changed by Craig Hacking, 16 Feb 2017

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The cochlea is part of the inner ear osseous labyrinth found in the petrous temporal bone

Gross anatomy

The cochlea is a shell-shaped spiral that turns between two-and-a-half and two-and-three-quarters times around the modiolus (a central column of bone). 

Communications

Related pathology

  • -<li>cochlear aperture: opening of the distal <a href="/articles/internal-acoustic-canal">internal acoustic canal</a> that transmits the <a href="/articles/cochlear-nerve">cochlear nerve</a>
  • +<li>cochlear aperture: opening of the distal <a href="/articles/internal-acoustic-canal">internal acoustic canal</a> that transmits the <a title="Vestibulocochlear nerve" href="/articles/vestibulocochlear-nerve">cochlear nerve</a>

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