Cochlear, the adjective form of
cochlea
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. A core component of the cochlea is the Organ of Corti, the sensory or ...
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Cochlear implant
A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis that provides a person who has moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss with sound perception. With the help of therapy, cochlear implants may allow for improved speech unde ...
, a sensory aid for the deaf
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Cochlear nuclei
The cochlear nuclear (CN) complex comprises two cranial nerve nuclei in the human brainstem, the ventral cochlear nucleus (VCN) and the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN).
The ventral cochlear nucleus is unlayered whereas the dorsal cochlear nucleus ...
, the ventral cochlear nucleus and the dorsal (or lateral) cochlear nucleus
* Vestibular-cochlear or
Vestibulocochlear nerve
The vestibulocochlear nerve or auditory vestibular nerve, also known as the eighth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VIII, or simply CN VIII, is a cranial nerve that transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the bra ...
, the eighth cranial nerve
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Cochlear nerve
The cochlear nerve (also auditory nerve or acoustic nerve) is one of two parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve, a cranial nerve present in amniotes, the other part being the vestibular nerve. The cochlear nerve carries auditory sensory informatio ...
, a division of the eighth cranial nerve
* Cochlear aqueduct, or
aqueduct of cochlea, a communication between the perilymphatic space and the subarachnoid space
* Cochlear artery, a division of the internal auditory artery
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Cochlea
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. A core component of the cochlea is the Organ of Corti, the sensory or ...
, part of the
Labyrinth (inner ear)
The bony labyrinth (also osseous labyrinth or otic capsule) is the rigid, bony outer wall of the inner ear in the temporal bone. It consists of three parts: the vestibule, semicircular canals, and cochlea. These are cavities hollowed out of the s ...
* Cochlear duct, also known as the
scala media
Scala or SCALA may refer to:
Automobiles
* Renault Scala, multiple automobile models
* Škoda Scala, a Czech compact hatchback
Music
* Scala (band), an English electronic music group
* Escala (group), an electronic string quartet formerly known ...
, the endolymph-filled part of the cochlea
* Cochlear, an alternate term for the
spoon (liturgy)
The Spoon ( el, Κοχλιάριον, ''Kochliárion''; Slavonic: Лжица, ''Lzhítza'') is a liturgical implement used to distribute Holy Communion to the laity during the Divine Liturgy in some Eastern Christian rites.
It is also called ...
used in the Eastern Orthodox Church in serving the sacramental wine, sometimes with a particle of the sacramental bread
* The spoon-like tip of the scape found on the
epigyne
The epigyne or epigynum is the external genital structure of female spiders. As the epigyne varies greatly in form in different species, even in closely related ones, it often provides the most distinctive characteristic for recognizing species. ...
of some female spiders
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Cochlear Limited, manufacturer of Nucleus Cochlear Implant
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Cochlear Bone Anchored Solutions, manufacturer of Baha bone anchored hearing aid
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