The cochlea is a cone-shaped spiral bony canal, 3.5 cm long that makes 2¾ turns around a bony axis, the modiolus which houses the spiral ganglion of the cochlear nerve. In histological sections, the...
Human ears detect sounds, and they maintain balance, The receptors for two sensory modalities (hearing and equilibrium) are housed in the ear, Hearing & equilibrium depend on the hair cells, two types of equilibrium...
The inner ear is one of the special sense organs concerned mainly with hearing and maintaining the body equilibrium. The Inner ear is a fluid-filled cavity that consists of osseous and membranous labyrinths: