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A small edible European marine bivalve mollusk of the family Cardiidae: cochles were the favorite kinds of shells that Jill like to collect on the seashore because they were heart-shaped.
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1. A spiral univalve shell: In her biology book, Mary read that a cochlea applied to a a snail-shell.
2. The spiral cavity of the internal ear in higher vertebrates: In his biology class at school, Jeff learned about the cochlea that contained the organ of Corti n which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
2. The spiral cavity of the internal ear in higher vertebrates: In his biology class at school, Jeff learned about the cochlea that contained the organ of Corti n which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
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(Greek: spiral shell, snail with a spiral shell; pertaining to the cochlea, the spiral tube in the inner ear)
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A small, rounded, recessed opening in the medial wall of the tympanic cavity: The fenestra cochlea is located behind and below the fenestra vestibuli, under cover of the projecting edge of the promontory and communicating with scala tympani of the cochlea from which it is separated by the secondary tympanic membrane.
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A vein of the internal ear draining the region of the round window, which drains into the vestibulocochlear vein: The vena fenestra cochlea of the ear is also known as the round window or the vein of the the cochlear window
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