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ORGAN OF CORTI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("organ of Corti" is a kind of...):
organ of hearing (the part of the ear that is responsible for sensations of sound)
Meronyms (parts of "organ of Corti"):
hair cell (a sensory epithelial cell present in the organ of Corti)
Holonyms ("organ of Corti" is a part of...):
cochlea (the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti)
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