Modiolus (cochlea)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The modiolus is a conical shaped central axis in the cochlea. The modiolus consists of spongy bone and the cochlea turns approximately 2.75 times around the central axis in humans.[1] The cochlear nerve, as well as spiral ganglion is situated inside it. The cochlear nerve conducts impulses from the receptors located within the cochlea.
The picture shows the osseous labyrinth. The modiolus is not labeled; it's at the axis of the spiral of the cochlea.
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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from Template:Wikidatathe 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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- http://www.univ-brest.fr/S_Commun/Biblio/ANATOMIE/Web_anat/Tete_Cou/Oreille/Modiolus.jpg
- http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/eye_ear/ear01.htm
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