Cochlea of the inner ear - coloured - green
- Dr David Furness
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Colour-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of
the inside of a guinea pig inner ear showing the
hearing organ, or cochlea. Running along the
spiral structure are rows of sensory cells which
respond to different frequencies of sound. The
whole organ is just a few millimeters long.