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Definition: Organ Of Corti |
Organ Of CortiNoun1. The hearing organ of the inner ear; contains receptors that respond to sound waves. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The organ that contains the special sensory receptors for hearing. It is composed of a series of epithelial structures placed upon the inner part of the basilar membrane. (references) |
Medicine | The organ, lying against the basilar membrane in the cochlear duct, that contains the special sensory receptors for hearing. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Organ Of Corti |
| English words defined with "organ of Corti": basilar membrane ♦ cochlea ♦ hair cell ♦ Tectorial. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "organ of Corti": Corti's rods ♦ Hair Cells, Inner, Hair Cells, Outer ♦ Labyrinth Supporting Cells ♦ rods of Corti. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | During the recovery period between some sound exposures, damaged regions of the organ of Corti heal by scar formation. (references) | |
Virtually all of the structures of the ear can be damaged, in particular the organ of Corti, the delicate sensory structure of the auditory portion of the inner ear (cochlea), which may be torn apart. (references) | ||
The predominance of damage in different cochlear regions with different frequency exposures reflects factors such as the resonance of the ear canal, the middle-ear transfer characteristics, and the mechanical characteristics of the organ of Corti and basilar membrane. (references) | ||
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
organ of corti | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "organ of Corti"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | det Cortiske organ (spiral organ), Corti'ske organ (spiral organ). (various references) | |
Dutch | orgaan van Corti (spiral organ). (various references) | |
French | organe de Corti (spiral organ). (various references) | |
German | Organum spirale (spiral organ), Corti'sches Organ (spiral organ), Corti Organ (spiral organ). (various references) | |
Italian | organo del Corti (spiral organ). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | organay ofay orticay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-g-i-n-o-o-o-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: fornicator. | |
-3 letters: factoring. | |
-4 letters: carrotin, crafting, fraction, oratorio, rogation. | |
-5 letters: argotic, carotin, carrion, carting, cartoon, coating, coranto, crating, faction, farcing, footing, forcing, frantic, grantor, infarct, infract, ingraft, octagon, oogonia, orating, oration, organic, rafting, roaring, roofing, rooting, tarring, tracing, tricorn. | |
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