Cochlear vs. Cochlea — What's the Difference?

A spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear that resembles a snail shell and contains nerve endings essential for hearing.

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.

Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

A spiral-shaped cavity of the inner ear that resembles a snail shell and contains nerve endings essential for hearing.

Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

(anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.

Of or relating to the cochlea of the ear;

A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.

An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

The snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti