Cochlea
Updates to Article Attributes
Body
was changed:
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
- cochlear aperture: opening of the distal internal acoustic canal that transmits the cochlear nerve
- with the vestibule posterosuperiorly
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>