cochlear

Snail-shell shaped cavity

Cochlear means relating to the cochlea, the spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear that converts sound vibrations into nerve signals.

The word appears most often in cochlear implant, a device surgically placed to provide hearing for people with severe hearing loss by directly stimulating the auditory nerve.

anatomy

scala tympani

Lower cochlear canal

shape

spiral

Curve winding around center

whorl · conical · tapered

nerve

auditory nerve

Neural pathway for hearing

hearing

hearing loss

Reduced ability to perceive sound

hearing aid · noise damage · tinnitus

auditory

traveling wave

Disturbance transferring energy spatially

Categories
Opposites
anatomical location in the ear

cochlearvestibular

Of the balance organ

tympanic · auricular · conductive

shape/morphology

cochlearstraight

Not curved or crooked

linear · uncoiled · rectilinear · tubular

Phrases
Family

cochlea, cochlear implant, cochleae, cochlear implants

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
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