Editing Cochlea (section)

{{Short description|Snail-shaped part of inner ear involved in hearing}}
{{Infobox anatomy
| Name        = Cochlea
| Latin       = cochlea
| Greek     = κοχλίας
| Image       = Cochlea-crosssection.svg
| Caption     = Cross section of the cochlea
| Image2      = {{Inner ear map|Cochlea|Inline=1}}
| Caption2    = Parts of the inner ear, showing the cochlea
| Precursor   =
| System      = [[Auditory system]]
| part_of = [[Inner ear]]
| Artery      =
| Vein        =
| Nerve       =
| Lymph       =
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|k|l|i|ə|,_|ˈ|k|oʊ|k|l|i|ə}}<ref>{{cite Dictionary.com|cochlea}}</ref>
}}
{{ear series|expanded=Inner}}
[[File:3DPX-002432 Cochlea and semicircular canals Nevit Dilmen.stl|thumb|3D model of cochlea and semicircular canals]]
The '''cochlea''' is the part of the [[inner ear]] involved in [[hearing]]. It is a spiral-shaped cavity in the [[bony labyrinth]], in humans making 2.75 turns around its axis, the [[modiolus (cochlea)|modiolus]].<ref>
{{cite book| title     = Atlas of anatomy|author1=Anne M. Gilroy |author2=Brian R. MacPherson |author3=Lawrence M. Ross | publisher = Thieme| year      = 2008| isbn      = 978-1-60406-151-2| page      = 536| url       = https://books.google.com/books?id=wFkxkpPcBoUC&pg=PA536 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Moore |last2=Dalley |name-list-style=amp |title=Clinically Oriented Anatomy |edition=4th |year=1999 |page=974 |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |isbn=0-683-06141-0 }}</ref> A core component of the cochlea is the [[organ of Corti]], the sensory organ of hearing, which is distributed along the partition separating the fluid chambers in the coiled tapered tube of the cochlea.