Cochlea of the inner ear

  • Dr David Furness
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Cochlea of the inner ear. Dr David Furness. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A scanning electron micrograph of the inside of a guinea pig inner ear showing the hearing organ, or cochlea (left). Along the spiral structure is the Organ of corti (right) that contains rows of sensory hair cells which respond to different frequencies of sound. The cells send impulses along the auditory nerve to the brain.

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