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    [Noun phrase]  | "organ of Cor*ti" | \ -ˈkȯr-tē \


    1: a complex epithelial structure in the cochlea that contains thousands of hair cells, rests on the internal surface of the basilar membrane, and in mammals is the chief part of the ear by which sound waves are perceived and converted into nerve impulses to be transmitted to the brain


    Origin: 1860 ;

     Alfonso Corti †1876 Italian anatomist;

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