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Topic: Organ of Corti


  
  AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR PATHWAYS
The utricle and saccule, additional vestibular organs, are adjacent to the vestibule.
This signal is transmitted to a nerve process lying under the organ of Corti.
Each organ has a sheet of hair cells (the macula) whose cilia are embedded in a gelatinous mass, just like the semicircular canals.
thalamus.wustl.edu /course/audvest.html   (2465 words)

  
 Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - The Internal Ear or Labyrinth - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The spiral organ of Corti (organon spirale [Corti]; organ of Corti) (Figs.
Covering the sulcus spiralis internus and the spiral organ of Corti is the tectorial membrane, which is attached to the limbus laminæ spiralis close to the inner edge of the vestibular membrane.
Occupying the spiral canal of the modiolus is the spiral ganglion of the cochlea (ganglion of Corti) (Fig.
messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/gray/subjects/subject?id=232   (4342 words)

  
 Organ of Corti - The Hearing Aid Advice Centre for Scotland
The organ of Corti, on the basilar membrane, is the auditory transducer to convert mechanical to electrical energy.
The hair cells and their nerve endings are contained in the organ of Corti.
The organ of Corti is covered by a jelly-like and fibrous flap, the tectorial membrane.
www.thehearingaidadvicecentre.co.uk /scotland/the_ear/organ_of_corti.html   (255 words)

  
 Organ of Corti: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Organ of Corti[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] is the hearing hearing (sense) quick summary:
Hearing is one, the auditory, of the traditional five senses, and refers to the ability to detect sound....
An ear is an organ used by an animal to detect sound....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Or/Organ_of_Corti.htm   (416 words)

  
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SPOENDLIN, H. Innervation patterns in the organ of Corti of the cat.
VATER M., LENOIR M. and PUJOL R., 1992, Ultrastructure of the horseshoe bat's organ of Corti.
Mammano F, Kros CJ, Ashmore JF, Patch clamped responses from outer hair cells in the intact adult organ of Corti.
www.iurc.montp.inserm.fr /cric/audition/biblio/francais/ohc_bibli.htm   (927 words)

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