Corpus3D

Sense organs (eye and ear)

Cochlea

Cochlea

Origin
Spiral part of the bony labyrinth in the temporal bone, two and a half turns around the modiolus
Insertion
Connects to the vestibule through the scala vestibuli; the round window closes the scala tympani
Function
Converts perilymph vibration into nerve impulses in the organ of Corti, tonotopically ordered (high tones basal, low tones apical)
Innervation
Cochlear part of the vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII), spiral ganglion
Movement & chain
The basilar membrane vibrates at the place matching the frequency of the sound presented
Palpation
Rinne and Weber tuning fork tests, pure tone audiometry, otoacoustic emissions in newborn hearing screening
Clinical
Sensorineural hearing loss, presbyacusis, noise trauma with a 4 kHz dip, ototoxicity from aminoglycosides and cisplatin, Meniere disease
Segmental innervation
Cranial nerve VIII to the cochlear nuclei in the pons
In clinical practice
Cochlear implantation in severe sensorineural loss; hearing protection is the only real prevention of noise damage
Region in the model
Sense organs (eye and ear)

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