Both chambers contain fluid, and, at the other end (the apex) of the cochlea, the chambers unite, for the basilar membrane ceases just short of the apex. Nature - The Mechanism of the Cochlea.

For decades, hearing experts thought that the cochlea's spiral shape was simply an efficient packing job and its shape had no effect on how this critical hearing organ functions. But a recent ...

The cochlea is key to human hearing, and it plays an important role in our understanding of complex frequency content. The Visual Ear project aims to illustrate the cochlear mechanism as an educati… ...

The cochlea is a spiral-shaped, fluid-filled bone, the hardest bone in our bodies There is a tiny membrane—about 2 mm wide—in the cochlea that could theoretically give us access.

Figure 1: Nox3 expressing cells in the organ of Corti inside the inner ear cochlea and accompanying diagram (cross-section parallel to the modiolus): The top image is a cross-section of the organ ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that terahertz imaging can be used to visualize internal details of the mouse cochlea with micron-level spatial resolution. The non-invasive method could ...

The human cochlea is a spiral structure of the inner ear. Sound vibrations are transmitted to the cochlea and then transduced into electrical activity along the basilar membrane (BM). The BM is a soft ...

Bone-conducted sound reaches the cochlea directly through the tissues of the head. When you speak, sound energy spreads in the air around you and reaches your cochlea through your external ear by ...

The process by which cells orient themselves correctly within the plane of an epithelial tissue is known as planar polarity. The molecular mechanism of planar polarity is understood best in fruit ...