spiral organ of cochlea

Term ID

UBERON:0002227

Synonyms

• auditory papilla
• auditory papillae
• basilar papilla
• cochlear spiral organ
• Corti's organ
• organ of Corti
• organum spirale
• papilla basilaris
• spiral organ
• spiral organ of Corti

Definition

The organ of Corti (or spiral organ) is the organ in the inner ear of mammals that contains auditory sensory cells, or 'hair cells.' [WP,unvetted]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_of_Corti

References

• BTO:0001691
• CALOHA:TS-0717
• EFO:0001364
• EMAPA:19061
• EMAPA:19151
• EV:0100364
• GAID:772
• MA:0001193
• NCIT:C33223
• UMLS:C0029207
• VHOG:0001567
• birnlex:2526
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_of_Corti
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0029207
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279841009
• ncithesaurus:Spiral_Organ_of_Corti

Ontology

Cell Ontology