organ of Corti

English

Alternative forms

Corti's organ (obsolete)

Etymology

Named after the Italian anatomist Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti (1822–1876).

Noun

organ of Corti (plural organs of Corti)

(anatomy) Part of the cochlea of the inner ear in mammals, provided with hair cells or auditory sensory cells.

Translations

part of the cochlea in the inner ear

Hungarian: Corti-féle szerv
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: endamê Corti m

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